Turkey Noodle Soup

By Dianne_H

Ingredients

• Soup:
• 1 turkey carcass
• 10-15 cups water (enough to cover the carcass)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 stalk celery (including leaves), chopped
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1/3 cup broken noodles
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 3 green onions, sliced
• 1/3 cup grated zucchini or frozen peas
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• dash hot pepper sauce
• salt and ground pepper

Preparation

Step 1

In stockpot or large saucepan, combine carcass, water, bay leaf, celery and onion. Simmer, covered for 4 hours.

Strain, reserving stock. Let bones cool, then pick out any meat and add to stock. (You should have about 6 cups)

Soup:
In a stockpot or saucepan, bring stock to a boil; add noodles, celery, carrot, green onions, zucchini, basil and thyme; simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in hot pepper sauce; season with salt and pepper.