Description
A delicious and flavorful Turkey Wild Rice Soup recipe that is the perfect bowl of cozy comfort food! Perfect for leftover Thanksgiving turkey!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided (sub avocado oil)
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 4 celery stalks, sliced
- 3–4 medium carrots, sliced
- 3 1/2 tablespoons arrowroot powder
- 5 1/2 cups chicken broth (sub turkey broth)
- 1 can full fat, unsweetened coconut milk (fully mix before adding)
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 1/2 cups cooked turkey, cubed
- 16oz wild rice, cooked
- 2 pints of fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh sage, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 2–3 teaspoons fresh lemon zest
Instructions
- Sauté: Add 2 tablespoons of oil to large dutch oven or saucepan and bring to medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion, move around the pot allowing to cook, approximately 2-3 minutes. Add celery and carrots and sauté for 1-2 minutes. Add another tablespoon of oil and the arrowroot powder. Stir to coat the vegetables.
- Simmer: Slowly pour in the broth, stirring as you go. Then gradually add the coconut milk, bay leaf and cooked turkey. Bring soup to a simmer.
- Mushrooms: While soup is simmering, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to a fry pan and bring to medium high heat. Sauté mushrooms to soften and then add them to the soup pot.
- Finish + Taste: Now add the wild rice, salt, pepper, sage, thyme and lemon zest. Stir to combine. Taste and add additional seasoning, as desired.
- Serve: Enjoy immediately!
Notes
- Simmer: we would recommend adding the wild rice 10 minutes before serving, that way the rice doesn’t soak up too much of the liquid.
- Mushrooms: you can add the mushroom directly to the pot, but there is an extra added flavor that comes from sautéing them.
- Thickening: for a thicker soup, you could ladle out 3 tablespoons of broth into a little bowl and add up to 1 tablespoon of arrowroot powder. Whisk that together until the powder is fully combined and then pour back in the soup, stirring as it thickens.
- Storage: leftovers can be kept in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 5-7 days. Do not freeze.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6oz
- Calories: 460
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 838.4 mg
- Fat: 15.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 42.8 g
- Protein: 39.1 g
- Cholesterol: 105.8 mg