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Homemade Split Pea Soup in a Crockpot

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What do you do with your leftover ham from the holiday?  My mom would always be creative with her leftovers, one of my favorite meals she made with her leftover ham was when she’d coat it in breadcrumbs and fry it, it was always delicious.  For me, I knew I would make ham sandwiches, I also knew I’d make a homemade split pea soup as both of these options are my favorites.

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Turkey Barley Soup Recipe

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I have often heard of using the carcass of your turkey or the bones left over from Thanksgiving to make a soup.  I have had many friends share that turkey soup made from the leftover bones on Thanksgiving has been their most favorite soup ever.  Yet, in all my years, I have always thrown my carcass out and said “next year” as it really never intrigued me to even try it.  Well, my next year was this year, I wanted to share my turkey with barley and mushroom soup recipe that I created as I really did love this soup.

I didn’t have a lot of time so I used the crock pot and let it cook overnight and it worked out perfect.  If you do not have a crock pot, I would recommend following the steps below and just cook your soup until the barley is cooked through.  I wanted a super savory soup so I sautéed my onions with the celery until they were translucent and then I threw some chopped mushroom on top

Mushroom Celery

I measured out 1 cup of barley

Barley

I took my carcass and removed any stuffing that was inside of it and placed it in my crock pot

Turkey Carcass

I prepared my herbs (I used a poultry pack)

Herbs

and 2 bay leaves

Bay Leaves

I put my barley in the pot and water to fill my crock pot, then added my herbs

Barley Soup

I let it cook over night…WOW to wake up to the smell of soup was wonderful.  The flavor of this soup was amazing and I can assure you that this will be a new family favorite recipe as we all loved it.  The tricky part for me was removing all the bones from the soup so that’s something I have to play around with for next year.  If anyone does a barley soup with their leftover carcass, please pop me an email, I’d love to learn what you do in getting the bones out.

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Turkey Barley Soup Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 leftover Carcass, bones from your turkey
  • 2 stalks Celery, chopped
  • 1/2 Onion, chopped
  • 1 pound Mushroom, sliced
  • 1 package Poultry Herbs
  • 2 whole Bay leaves
  • Water
  • Salt and Pepper as desired

Directions

  1. In a 10" skillet pan, sauté your celery with your onions until translucent, add your mushroom and cook for 2-3 minutes.
  2. Place your carcass in your crock pot. Add your sautéed vegetables, the water, barley, herb poultry, bay leaves, salt and pepper.
  3. Cook on low for 6 hours. Remove the carcass and any remaining bones and discharge of them.
  4. Remove any large pieces of meat and shred or cut into pieces, place the meat back into the soup and enjoy!
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