Easylowfatafterthanksgivingturkeybarleysoup Recipes

EASY LOW FAT AFTER THANKSGIVING TURKEY BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the broth or water and the barley in a 3-quart pot, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 40 minutes, or until the barley is almost tender.
• Add the mushrooms, carrots, celery, onion, bouillon granules, thyme, pepper and turkey to the pot. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, or until the barley and vegetables are tender.
• Ladle the soup into individual serving bowls, and serve hot garnished with fresh snipped parsley.

TURKEY-BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil and saute onions, carrots, celery and mushrooms; sprinkle thyme on veggies and continue to saute until softened, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Pour turkey stock into a large pot (if you have less than 8 cups of stock, add water to make up difference) and whisk in the tomato paste; stir in sauteed veggies; turn heat to high.
• Stir in barley, vinegar, salt and pepper.
• When soup comes to a boil, turn heat down to a simmer and cook, covered, for about 1 hour, or until barley is tender.
• Stir in turkey meat and continue to simmer just until soup is heated through.

TURKEY BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Break up the turkey carcass to fit a large saucepan; cover with water.
• Add onion, carrots and celery.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Skim any scum that rises to the top; discard.
• Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 2 hours.
• Strain soup into another large saucepan, reserving the carcass but discarding the vegetables.
• Return the stock to simmer; stir in barley and simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.
• Add diced carrots, onion and turnip and simmer for a further 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
• Add turkey.
• Season well with salt and pepper and garnish with parsley.

AFTER-THANKSGIVING TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Place turkey carcass in a soup kettle or Dutch oven and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. Remove carcass; cool. Set aside 3 quart broth. Remove turkey from bones and cut into bite-size pieces; set aside.
• In a soup kettle or Dutch oven, saute the onions, carrots and celery in butter until tender. Reduce heat; stir in flour until blended. Gradually add 1 quart of reserved broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Add cream, rice, salt, bouillon, pepper, remaining broth and reserved turkey. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until rice is tender.

TURKEY BARLEY CHUNKY SOUP

Steps:

• Place turkey carcass in a large soup pan and completely cover with water.
• Simmer 6 hours or more until the meat completely falls off of the bones, replenishing water as it evaporates.
• Add celery and cook 2 hours more.
• allow soup to cool.
• Strain soup and remove bones and grissle.
• Add xtra turkey if desired into pot. Add enough water to fill pot up to where it was when the bones were still in it.
• Reheat soup and add carrot and spices and simmer for an hour. Add bouillon to taste if you feel the broth needs it.
• Add barley and cook for about an hour or so.
• Serve hot with parmesan cheese if desired.
• You can freeze leftovers and reheat.
• Great for OAMC.

TURKEY LEFTOVERS - BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Broth---------.
• Combine onion carrots, bay leaf, peppercorns,parsley stocks, turkey carcass, water, chicken stock and tomatoes, in a stock pot.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to simmer.
• Simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
• Strain.
• Soup-----------.
• In a clean stockpot, combine strained turkey broth, carrots, celery, rutabaga and pearl barley.
• Simmer for 30 minutes or until barley and veggies are tender.
• Add turkey, corn and kidney beans.
• Cook for a couple of minutes until heated through.
• Add Salt and pepper to taste.
• Ladle into bowls and garnish with parsley.