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Why You’ll Love My Recipe

This classic and easy turkey noodle soup is the perfect comfort food for flu season, or for when you’re just craving a bowl of hot soup.

Make sure you use some homemade Turkey Stock for this recipe from my roast turkey recipe! Try adding some Bisquick Dumplings, or making a batch of your favourite biscuits to serve alongside the soup.

Karlynn’s Recipe Notes

Skill Level: This soup is very easy to make.
Total Time: This turkey noodle soup take approximately 65 minutes to make.
Variations: Use different shapes of pasta. Add even more vegetables or change up the ones you use. Modify the seasonings to your personal tastes. Throw in a handful of barley or some chickpeas for even more nutrition.
Toons Needed: For this recipe, you’ll need a knife and cutting board, a large stockpot or Dutch oven, and a ladle.

What You’ll Need For Ingredients

Turkey: For this recipe, you’ll need turkey that has already been cooked. If you haven’t got any leftover turkey lying around, you could use soft rotisserie chicken or other cooked poultry instead.

Pasta: While this recipe calls for bow tie pasta, you can use any similar sized pasta shape you’d like. Elbow macaroni, shells, Detali, egg noodles, even broken up spaghetti or Fettucini will all work. Just adjust your cooking time accordingly so your pasta doesn’t turn to mush.

Vegetables: This soup uses a classic trio of onions, carrots, and celery. While these are more than enough, especially if you’re trying to take it easy on sick tummies, you can absolutely load the soup up with more vegetables. Mushrooms, peppers, or zucchini would all be great options.

How to Make Turkey Noodle Soup

This is a brief overview of the recipe. The full list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions are in the recipe card below.

Put the butter and diced onions in a pot over medium-high heat.
Cook until onions are soft, then add carots and celery.
Cook for 1 more minute, then add broth.
Bring to low simmer and cook until vegetables are tender.
Add turkey and pasts. Keep cooking until pasta is cooked.
Remove from stove and serve hot.

Karlynn’s Tips and Tricks for Making Turkey Noodle Soup

Spice It Up: Sometimes what you really want and need is a simple turkey noodle soup. However, if you’d like to spice things up or add some big boosts of flavour, you can do so with a splash of your favourite hot sauce. Add some hot pepper flakes or some finely diced hot peppers. Use a homemade stock or one of the storebought ones that includes extra garlic and seasonings.

Make It Easy: If chopping up vegetables is difficult for you, check the frozen foods section at your local grocery store and see if you can find a mix of frozen diced onion/carrot/celery. You may also be able to find a combination of bell pepper, celery, and onion. If you do this, you also won’t need quite as much cooking time, and you’ll get just as much flavour since flash frozen veggies retain most of their flavour and nutrients.

Storage Instructions

Fridge: Once it’s fully cooled, you can store the leftover soup in a sealed container in the fridge for 3-4 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop.

Freezer: Once it’s cooled, you can freeze the leftover soup in an airtight container for a few months. Be sure to leave space for the liquid to expand so it doesn’t destroy the container as it solidifies.

More Delicious Turkey Recipes

Looking for more ways to use up leftover turkey?

Try making these Leftover Turkey Turnovers or some Turkey Ala King.

Whip up a quick Turkey Brine for the next time you roast a turkey.

For a barbecue-friendly option, make some Turkey Kebabs.

There you go, everyone. A simple and tasty soup that you can modify to your heart’s content. Try this recipe out and let me know what you think.

Happy Cooking!

Karlynn