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Morbius

(477 posts)
7. Well...
Tue Apr 8, 2025, 10:38 PM
Apr 8

I'm not planning to add broth to the turkey to begin with, so the amount of liquid in the slow cooker will be small, enough to make a gravy perhaps, but not nearly enough for soup.

When I make a real turkey, I always make turkey noodle soup with the leftovers. I love it. I use boxed turkey broth because I don't get enough from the carcass (I buy small turkeys; I have a family of three).

If I throw carrots and celery on the bottom of the pot, I expect they will probably be hard and I will have to commit to making soup with the leftover turkey. I'm not sure what I will do with the onions as it is. The onions are only there to create a scaffold, of sorts, to keep the turkey breast off the bottom of the cooker. In theory, I could use anything. I have onions on hand, because I always have onions on hand. I have carrots, too, but we love boiled carrots with butter and dried parsley. We eat carrots probably three times a month. I think I have a celery heart on hand too, so really, I could do the soup with the leftover turkey.

Except I am working overnight Saturday night and Sunday night, so I don't want to invest a lot of time in cooking Sunday or Monday. I'll be dead tired.

I appreciate the suggestions. The plan is to get juicy, moist turkey and eat it with stuffing - the easy way!

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Sounds delicious (and I am a vegetarian but used to cook turkey). I might add some celery to the onion bed. Nanuke Apr 8 #1
Great idea imo SheltieLover Apr 8 #3
and carrot Kali Apr 8 #6
Sounds delicious! SheltieLover Apr 8 #2
I've never made it in a slow cooker viva la Apr 8 #4
Save the broth for soup? viva la Apr 8 #5
Well... Morbius Apr 8 #7
Right, no bones viva la Apr 9 #8
This worked. Morbius Apr 12 #9
Vegan here, but... buzzycrumbhunger Apr 12 #10
The soup was good. Morbius Apr 13 #11
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