This is the best turkey soup recipe ever and will be perfect for your leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Simple instant pot turkey soup that is healthy and absolutely delicious.
Whip up your Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, celebrating what I am thankful for and indulging in a delicious home-cooked meal. Turkey and pumpkin pie, how can you go wrong?
I look forward to the leftover turkey for several weeks after Thanksgiving too! I always call dibs on the turkey carcass and use it to whip up a big batch of turkey soup. My family loves it; it is healthy and full of flavor.
The best turkey soup recipe has to be made with turkey bone broth, fresh vegetables, and leftover Thanksgiving turkey. It is such a comfort food and perfect for those cold fall evenings.
During soup season, my instant pot never gets put away! I am either making chicken soups, beef shank stews, or another batch of bone broth. My friend Andrea from pine and prospect home has the most delicious beef stew instant pot recipe. I plan to make this all winter long. own nourishing homemade scalp serum to soothe dryness and irritation. This easy recipe uses natural ingredients for a moisturized scalp and beautiful hair.
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After you eat most of the meat off of the turkey, it is time to make bone broth. You will be surprised how much turkey you missed when you go to make the broth.
This will be the base of your recipe. You can buy broth from the store, but making your own is so much healthier and way more delicious.
I prefer to make bone broth in the instant pot and find that I can get it to gel almost every time whendoing it this way.
HOW TO MAKE TURKEY BONE BROTH INSTRUCTIONS:
Place the turkey carcass in the instant pot. Break it apart if needed to make it fit.
Add in celery leaves, carrot peels, onion slices, and seasonings.
Fill the instant pot with water till bones are submerged.
Add a splash of apple cider vinegar.
Turn instant pot on the soup mode for 240 minutes. Once it is done, allow the steam to release naturally before removing the lid.
Strain the bones from the liquid. Now you have your turkey bone broth to make into turkey soup.
Using the carcass to make bone broth and the leftover turkey meat makes this soup very cost-effective. You can eat a lot of meals off of one turkey, even if you have a large family like me.
After your bone broth is made, you will find that a lot of meat falls off the bones, and you can use that in your soup. Or you can add shredded turkey to make your soup even heartier.
HOW TO MAKE TURKEY SOUP IN INSTANT POT
After making the bone broth, I will simply add it right back into the instant pot to start my soup. No need to make any extra dishes!
Add in fresh vegetables, cooked turkey, seasonings, and turn the instant pot back to the soup setting. Once the vegetables are soft, I will add in a handful of gluten-free noodles and re-cook for 5 minutes just to soften the noodles.
BEST TURKEY SOUP RECIPE
The best turkey soup recipe is full of noodles. If you are gluten-free, you can use brown rice or quinoa noodles. I found a brand I love at ALDI that is inexpensive and made with organic rice and quinoa. I love to add these into my soups to add texture, flavor and make them more filling.
If you are on the paleo or whole30 diet, you can leave the noodles out and add in red potatoes. This still makes a delicious turkey soup, and this is the way I make it most often.
HOW LONG WILL TURKEY SOUP LAST?
Turkey soup will last up to 5 days in the refrigerator when stored in an airtight container. You can also freeze turkey soup by putting it in a freezer-safe container with a locking lid. It will keep for 6 months in a freezer or 1 year in a deep freezer.
I love making large batches of soup and freezing them in single-size servings for lunches.
This is the best turkey soup recipe ever and will be perfect for your leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Simple instant pot turkey soup that is healthy and absolutely delicious.
Hello Laura,
I have an Instant Pot Pro and there is a choice of high or low pressure on the “soup” setting. Which do you recommend for the 240 minutes?
Erik B says
Hello Laura,
I have an Instant Pot Pro and there is a choice of high or low pressure on the “soup” setting. Which do you recommend for the 240 minutes?
Laura says
Hi Erik! I think the low pressure option would be best.
Sherrie says
What can I do to incorporate the neck and giblets for more flavor?
Laura says
I add them into the bones when making the bone broth for the soup.
Joan Kopycinski says
I want to try this. I love barley in soup, would I put that in at home time I would normally add the noodles?
Laura says
Yes, great idea!
Melissa says
This looks good – I’m going to try it! But question: If I am going to use red potatoes (instead of noodles or rice), when do I add those?
Laura says
I would add it with the other vegetables. It may need a little more time than 10 minutes to get the potatoes soft. I would do 20 minutes.
Marisa says
I love this turkey soup recipe! It’s a great way to use something, like a turkey carcass, that would otherwise be thrown away! And it’s so nourishing.
Laura says
Exactly! I love to stretch it into another meal and bone broth is the best!
Lindsay Cotter says
So easy to make and delicious! This is going to be on repeat for dinner!
Toni says
I love making soup in my instant pot! And this is one of my new favorites!
Laura says
I am so glad you liked it!