Hearty Barley Turkey Soup
Ingredients:
Turkey Stock:
- 5 quarts water, or as needed
- 1 turkey, carcass
- 1 1/2 cups onion, chopped
- 3 stalks celery
- 1/2 cup carrots, chopped
- 10 whole black peppercorns
- 1 pinch dried thyme, or to taste
- 1 bay leaf
Soup:
- 1 1/2 pounds carrots, cut into 1" chunks
- 2 onions, diced
- 6 stalks celery, cut into 1/2" slices
- 1 cup barley
- 1/2 cup mushrooms, chopped
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground black
- 1 pinch dried thyme
Directions:
- Bring water and turkey carcass to a boil in a large pot.
- Add 1 1/2 cup chopped onion, 3 stalks celery, 1/2 cup chopped carrot, peppercorns, 1 pinch thyme, and 1 bay leaf.
- Simmer, skimming excess fat and foam from top of stock as needed, 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Add more water to stock as it evaporates.
- Remove carcass from stock and cool. Pull meat from bones and shred; refrigerate until needed.
- Strain stock and return liquid to pot.
- Mix 1 1/2 pounds carrots, 2 onions, 6 stalks celery, barley, mushrooms, 2 bay leaves, salt, marjoram, black pepper, and 1 pinch thyme into turkey stock and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer soup, stirring occasionally, until barley is fully cooked, 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- Add turkey meat to the soup and simmer for 10 more minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.