SOUTHERN SMOKED TURKEY & BEAN SOUP RECIPE | SOUP RECIPES | SMOKED TURKEY RECIPES

white beans

🥗Healthier: cannellini beans

💰Cheaper: pinto beans

Pinto beans are often less expensive and provide a similar texture.

smoked turkey

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: rotisserie chicken

Rotisserie chicken is more affordable and readily available.

Heat oil in a soup pan over medium heat.

Add diced onion, celery, carrot, salt, and black pepper; cook and stir for a couple of minutes.

Add sliced mushrooms and cook for 7-8 minutes until they cook down.

Stir in minced garlic and cook for another minute.

Pour in 4 cups of homemade chicken broth and turn heat up to bring to a simmer.

Add a sprinkle more black pepper and a bay leaf.

Add 1 can of drained northern beans and stir; add another cup of broth.

Nestle in the large smoked turkey thigh and bring to a simmer; cover and cook for 30 minutes.

After 30 minutes, stir the soup and remove the bay leaf and turkey thigh; cover the turkey thigh and let it rest for 15 minutes.

Taste the soup for seasoning and add more black pepper, garlic powder, and parsley; stir and simmer for 5 minutes.

Shred the smoked turkey and add it back into the soup, stirring to heat through.

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