Description

This recipe includes making your own bone broth, or if you don’t have access to the bones or don’t want to take the time you can used boxed broth, which I include in the ingredients. Making bone broth works really well with a turkey or chicken that has been smoked or roasted, I don’t recommend making this broth from bones of a turkey or chicken that has been fried. My brother-in-law smokes the turkey at Thanksgiving and wow does it make great broth for this soup.

Ingredients

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Turkey bone broth ingredients:

Large pot

Turkey bones

Enough water to cover bones in the pot

2 tsp salt

1 small bunch of each, fresh thyme and sage

1 small onion, quartered

2 small cloves of garlic, quartered

Soup ingredients:

2 Tbs olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic (if you aren’t making your own broth)

3/4 head of white cabbage, shredded

8–10 new potatoes, chopped chunky

4 large carrots or 1 lb baby carrots, sliced

3 cups of a cooked turkey or chicken

1 lb of smoked sausage link, sliced and cut in half

Turkey stock you created

2 32 oz box of chicken broth, + 6 cups water, and 2-3 Tbsp chicken bullion (Better Than Bullion works best)

1 can white beans (great norther, navy, or cannellini), drained and rinsed

1–2 cap fulls of white vinegar or juice of one fresh squeezed lemon

1 Tbsp fresh thyme or 1 tsp dried thyme (if you’ve made your own broth, skip this ingredient).

1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped

Course ground black pepper (plenty to taste)

Salt to taste

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Instructions

To create the turkey bone broth:

Add turkey bones to a large pot and cover with water.
Bring to a boil
Add salt, a small onion, 2 cloves of garlic, fresh sage, and thyme.
Turn temperature down to a simmer and cook for 2 hours.
Once it’s done cooking pull out all skin and bones from pot, and discard. If there’s any meat remaining on the bones, cut away, and add back to your pot.
Let broth cool in the fridge overnight.
The next day, skim the grease off the top that has solidified.
Pour the broth into a large bowl or measuring bowl, and set aside.

Instructions to make soup:

In the same large pot you created the stock in, heat olive oil.
Add onions, sauté until translucent and golden but not mushy, approximately 3-5 mins
Add garlic, and carrots, sauté another 5 minutes.
Add broth, potatoes, cabbage, and herbs.
Bring to a boil, turn heat down, and simmer about 30 minutes.
Add beans, turkey or chicken, and sausage
Simmer about 10-15 minutes.

Notes

I cook the bones in a large pot of water with onions, garlic, and fresh herbs. If you don’t have the turkey bones, you can certainly make this with store bought chicken or turkey broth.