Turkey soup

Turkey is a common poultry. From it you can cook a lot of wonderful dishes. Of course, most often it is baked for various holidays. In this case, turkey can be used for cooking according to daily simple recipes. Poultry produces very nourishing and fragrant soups.

Many housewives completely undeservedly bypass the turkey side, remembering it only on New Year's Eve or Christmas. Such an attitude to the bird is unjustified. It is believed that people eating a bowl of turkey soup a day, significantly strengthen their immunity. In addition, the bird is used in the preparation of dietary dishes. The reason is simple - it is low in fat and high in protein. Caloric content of such meat, respectively, is lower than that of other similar products.

Turkey soup is cooked very simply. The main thing is to choose the right bird carcass and cook the broth correctly. What to look for when buying a turkey:

The shape of the carcass - chicken legs and poultry breast should not have sharp corners. Ideally, they look rounded.

The color of meat and skin - a good turkey has a whitish skin with a light yellowish tone. There should be no stains on it! The poultry breast is usually lighter than the thighs and other parts, which should be red.

Often birds are sold frozen. Therefore, before cooking broth directly, you need to defrost it properly. A few kilograms turkey is placed on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. There she must thaw within a day, or even 2. It is not allowed to leave the bird in a hot room or try to defrost it under running hot water. It is hopeless to spoil the final taste of the soup.

Thawed turkey is cut. For soup, you can choose any part. Moreover, if you use the breast, it will turn out to be dietary and less saturated. In most cases, turkey soup is cooked in a broth of wings and thighs. Such a dish will be very rich. If you do not want to engage in butchering the poultry carcass, then you can buy a ready-made set for first courses. It is cheaper than whole turkey and includes its individual parts. It is important to remember that the breast cooks for about 40 minutes. The remaining parts - from an hour to 120 minutes.

Turkey soup in a slow cooker: a classic recipe

Composition:

1. Meat of any parts of turkey - 500 g
2. Water - 1, 2 liters.
3. Potatoes - 5 pcs.
4. Onions - 1 pc.
5. Carrots - 1 pc.
6. Groats (millet, rice) - 0.5 tbsp.
7. Salt, herbs, spices - to taste

Cooking:

• For a start, cut off the meat from the sliced ​​poultry pieces. If you want to make soup of medium richness, it is better to use trimming breasts and thighs. The skin can be left.
• Chunks of meat washed under running water. Then lay out in the bowl multicooker. Fill the turkey with enough water to cover it.
• Expose the mode to cook the broth. This can be either a "multi-cook" or a "frying". The temperature should be about 1,400 degrees. Turkey cooks 10 min.
• While the broth is being prepared, rinse the cereal under running water. Then pour it warm and leave it to swell.
• Peel potatoes, onions, carrots. Cut vegetables in any convenient way.
• After 10 min. We get a bowl with broth. Often the housewives drain first, because it is believed that harmful substances like antibiotics go with it. It is also customary to cook on the second broth to make the soup transparent. It is also advisable to pour turkey broth if soup is prepared for children. So the dish will be the most digestible.
• Meat lightly washed from the foam, grind and re-fill with water. Add to the bowl and all other ingredients - cereals and vegetables. You can also salt and pepper broth.
• We again set the "multi-cook" mode, but for 40 minutes already. If it is not in the slow cooker, then select the function "soup". In this case, cook turkey soup in a slow cooker for about 60 minutes.
• At the expiration of time turn off the device. We take out a bowl with soup and take out the bay leaf from the prepared dish. Spill soup on the plates. Add chopped greens.
• A little secret: if you want to make a similar soup for a small child, you can make it like mashed potatoes. To do this, the finished dish is crushed with a blender or food processor. Cooking baby turkey soup is better not to make very fat. You can also leave no bow. For this, they do not chop it, but put it whole. Then the head is pulled out of the finished dish.

How to cook soup with meatballs?

Composition:

1. Stuffing Turkey - 500 g
2. Water - 2 liters.
3. Potatoes - 4 pcs.
4. Rice - 0.5 st.
5. Onions - 1 pc.
6. Carrots - 1 pc.
7. Seasonings, salt, vegetable oil - to taste

Cooking:

• Pour water into the pan. Put it on the fire and bring to a boil. Salt and pepper. Right during the boil we take a little stuffing and roll balls from it. Immediately throw them in boiling water.
• After the stuffing is over, leave the pot on low heat. Peel potatoes and cut into pieces. Wash rice with water. Add the ingredients to the broth and add fire. It should be average.
• Shred onions, rub carrots on a grater. Heat the pan with oil. Pour onion there and pass to transparency. Then pour carrots. Fry until ready. If necessary, add water or oil.
• Check the readiness of potatoes and rice. If they are soft, then pour in a saucepan of vegetables in the pan. Throw bay leaf, salt and pepper turkey soup with meatballs. Cook another 7 min. The dish is ready!

Cook the first dish with turkey meat and vegetables

Composition:

1. Portion of turkey knees or thighs - 400 g
2. Head of cabbage - 250 g
3. Potatoes - 4 pcs.
4. Onions - 1 pc.
5. Carrots - 1 pc.
6. Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
7. Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
8. Water - 1.5-2 liters.
9. Spices and salt to taste

Cooking:

• Rinse the turkey under running water and put in a saucepan. Pour 1.5-2 liters of water. Put to boil on medium heat. Bring to a boil and remove any foam that has formed. Boil the meat for about 60 minutes.
• Wash and clean the vegetables. Chop the onions and rub the carrots. Pour some oil into the pan. Put it on fire. Pour onions on a preheated pan. Fry on medium heat until it becomes transparent. Add carrots. Fry until ready. If necessary, pour in some oil or water.
• Then pour chopped peppers and diced tomatoes into the pan. Add some water or broth and stew until soft vegetables.
• After the turkey has cooked, pull it out of the pan. Let cool slightly and chop finely. Also on the cubes we cut potatoes and shred cabbage. Add them to the broth along with the meat and bay leaf. We continue to cook until potatoes are ready.
• At the end add the resulting dressing to the soup. We salt, we pepper. Cook soup for 5 minutes. Serve turkey soup with vegetables with sour cream and greens.

Turkey soups can be varied in many ways. For example, very fast dishes are obtained if you cook them with noodles or frozen vegetable mixtures. Canned green peas are also added to turkey soup.

Turkey soup, which recipes are simple in most cases, is a very nutritious and tasty dish. It is cooked with vegetables, cereals and meatballs. Best of all, the broth, turned out for the first time, drain. So the dish will be more useful. Cooking turkey soup costs from the breast and fatter parts. These can be wings and shin.