Smoked Turkey Wing Soup Recipes

TUSCAN SMOKED TURKEY-BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the beans into a large bowl, fill the bowl with water, and cover the bowl with a cloth. Allow to soak overnight. Drain and rinse the beans.
• Place the soaked beans, turkey legs, onion, and bay leaves into a large soup pot, cover with water, then bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 3 hours. Remove bay leaves, and discard. Remove the turkey legs from the broth, separate the meat from the bones and tendons, and return the meat to the broth. Stir in celery, carrots, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, and salt and pepper; simmer until the celery and carrots are tender, about 1 hour. Serve in bowls and sprinkle each serving with about 1 teaspoon of Parmesan cheese.

15-BEAN TURKEY SOUP

Steps:

• Sauté onion in butter in a large pot or Dutch oven for 4-5 minutes. Add garlic, chicken broth, beans (with included seasoning packet) then stir well. Add turkey pieces to pot then heat over medium-high heat until simmering. Once simmering, cover pot then reduce heat to low and simmer for 4 hours. Remove turkey pieces from pot, cover tightly and set aside. Continue cooking beans for 1-2 more hours or until beans are tender. Taste for seasoning and add salt if desired. Depending on which sort of turkey you're using, there's a good bit of variance in salt needed. You may not need any at all. Remove meat from turkey pieces, discarding skin and bones. Shred turkey into bite-sizes pieces using two forks then add turkey to beans. Stir well. Remove from heat, cover, and let soup rest for 30 minutes before serving. Notes: You can use roasted, fried or smoked turkey wings or legs. I used 4.5 lbs of wing sections. When I say 2 wings, I mean 2 full wings; each including the drummette and the wingette (or 'flat'). Or you could think of it as 4 wing sections. I actually prefer the 2-bone section as it has whiter, more tender meat. You can also use 4 cups chopped leftover turkey meat instead of the wings or legs. Just stir it in 1-2 hours before the soup is done (don't let it cook the whole time or it will get dry). Yes, you can cook this in a crock pot! Cook the same way replacing the 4 hours on the stove with 6 hours on high in the crock pot. If you can't find Hurst's 15 Bean Soup in your market, please ask your grocer for them. Until then, you can order them online :)

SMOKED TURKEY WING SOUP

Steps:

• Place smoked turkey wings in a large stockpot. Cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer over medium heat. Add green beans and bay leaves. Bring back to a boil; reduce heat to medium and simmer until green beans soften, 1 to 1 1/2 hour.
• Remove turkey wings from the stockpot and cool until easily handled, about 15 minutes.
• Stir potatoes into the stockpot. Shred turkey meat and stir in. Season with garlic salt and black pepper. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are nearly falling apart, about 25 minutes. Discard bay leaves before serving.

CROCKPOT SMOKED TURKEY LENTIL SOUP

Steps:

• Add all ingredients (except grated pecorino romano and fresh parsley) into a slow cooker. Set to high and cook for 6 hours.
• With one hour left in the cooking time, remove the turkey thigh. Let it cool slightly, so it is not too hot to handle. Remove the skin and cut up the meat into small cubes. Stir the meat back into the soup and cook for the remaining time.
• Ladle the soup into a bowl and garnish with grated pecorino romano and fresh parsley.

SMOKED TURKEY AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place dry beans into a large pot, cover with 2 quarts of water and soak overnight (or at least 8 hours). After soaking, drain water.
• Heat oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots and celery and saute 5-10 minutes or until tender.
• Add garlic, rosemary, sage, bay leaves, chili powder and pepper to the vegetables during the last 2 minutes of cooking.
• Layer the ingredients in CrockPot: add beans, top with turkey, add sauteed vegetables and spices, and finally add the broth.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

PEA SOUP WITH SMOKED TURKEY WINGS

Steps:

• In a large soup pot heat oil add onions, celery, carrot, potato and saute for 5 minutes add garlic, oregano, bay leaf, salt, pepper and turkey wings. Add peas and cover with enough water to completely submerge all ingredients by a couple inches.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 3-4 hours, until thickened be sure to stir throughout the cooking. The longer you cook it the thicker it gets.
• Optional:.
• Blend all but meat in a blender to smooth out, then shred the turkey and add to the soup.