Slow Cooker Turkey Soup

Slow Cooker Turkey Soup

If you don't have a turkey carcass you can substitute 2 1/2 pounds of fresh turkey legs in this soup.

Ingredients :

• 2 tablespoons rendered turkey fat or unsalted butter
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 carrots, diced
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 turkey carcass with some meat attached, cut into pieces
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 teaspoon ground dried sage
• 8 cups turkey or chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons flat-leaf parsley leaves

Directions

1. Heat a slow cooker on high until hot. Stir in the turkey fat, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring occasionally until golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the turkey carcass, thyme, sage, and stock. Reduce the heat to low and cook the soup until the turkey meat is falling off the bones, 6 to 8 hours. Discard the turkey bones and season the soup with salt and pepper to taste. Serve sprinkled with the parsley leaves.