Turkey Dumpling Soup
Use up those leftovers
Welcome back to Mug Up Alaska! Grab a mug, get comfortable, and let’s warm up with one of my favorite ways to use leftover turkey AND my favorite classic comfort food, homemade dumplings! Combine they make our family’s favorite: turkey dumpling soup!
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Turkey Dumpling Soup
8 servings
total time roughly an hour and 15 minutes, a lot of this is just cook time, not heavy prep work so you can make this soup, wander off and come back to stir it, make dumplings, and check on it
Turkey Soup
1 TBSP oil
4 cups mix of chopped celery, carrots, and onions
1-2 TBSP Poultry Seasoning OR Italian Seasonings plus sage
bay leaf
4 cups of chopped leftover turkey
2-3 quarts chicken or turkey broth
3-4 cups fresh water
Fluffy Dumplings
1 1/3 all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup whole milk
1/4 cup oil I use light olive oil
make the soup:
in a large pot with a lid saute the vegetables in the oil over medium heat
stir often, after 5 minutes add the turkey, and 1 TBSP Italian seasoning, and the bay leaf
cook and stir another minute or two
then add most of the chicken broth and 2 or so cups of water, add as much broth and water to make the soup as thick or thin as you like
let the soup simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, taste and add more Italian Seasoning, and salt and pepper as desired, you can add ANY other spices you like to your soup right here
mix up the dumplings:
stir the four and baking powder together in a mixing bowl
mix the milk and oil together
stir the liquid into the dry mixture with a fork
stir only until the dough comes together, do not knead or press together just let it be loose
drop the dough into 8 or so dumplings into the simmering soup
sprinkle with salt and pepper if desired
cover and cook for 10 minutes, be sure not to let it simmer over
check for doneness by opening one dumpling with a fork and see if it’s cooked through
it will be soft and soupy on the outside and cooked through and no longer doughy on the inside
if it’s not cooked through put it back in the soup, cover, and simmer another minute or two
How are your Thanksgiving leftovers going? Do you have more to use up? Or are you getting down to the end of it all?
Cheers,
Laura