Turkey Minestrone Soup

By Lunds & Byerlys

July 18, 2024

This soup is the perfect way to make a second meal of your holiday turkey.

SERVINGS

6-8

PREP TIME

15 min

COOK TIME

2 hr

Ingredients

  • 1
    meaty turkey carcass
  • 10
    cups water
  • 1/4
    cup chicken stock
  • 1
    bay leaf
  • 2
    14.5 ounce cans stewed tomatoes
  • 1
    15.5 ounce can great northern beans, drained
  • 1
    15.5 ounce can garbanzo beans, drained
  • 2
    potatoes, peeled and cubed (about 2 cups)
  • 1
    large onion, chopped (about 2 cups)
  • 1 1/2
    teaspoons minced garlic
  • 1
    tablespoon dried basil, crumbled
  • 1/2
    teaspoon salt (optional)
  • 1/4
    teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2
    cup broken uncooked spaghetti
  • 1
    16-ounce can package frozen Italian green beans

Directions

  1. 1

    In large Dutch oven, combine first 4 ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 hour.

  2. 2

    Remove meat and bones from broth; cool. Remove turkey meat from bones; discard bones. Chop turkey into bite-sized pieces. Strain broth; return broth and turkey to Dutch oven.

  3. 3

    Stir in next 9 ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.

  4. 4

    Stir in spaghetti and green beans; continue cooking until potatoes and pasta are tender (about 10 minutes).

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