Smoked Turkey Soup Caribbean Style.

smoked turkey

🥗Healthier: lean turkey breast

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Chicken thighs are often less expensive and still provide rich flavor.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Evaporated milk is a budget-friendly alternative that can mimic creaminess.

Heat a large soup pot on medium-high heat and add vegetable oil.

Add 3 chopped scallions, 1 chopped onion, and 4 crushed cloves of garlic to the pot and stir.

Add pimento peppers and cook until softened.

Add fresh thyme and oregano from the garden, then stir.

Add 1 cup of black-eyed peas and 1 chopped carrot to the pot.

Pour in 10 to 12 cups of water and bring to a boil.

Add 1 teaspoon of salt and the smoked turkey leg to the pot.

Reduce heat to a gentle simmer and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Prepare 2 potatoes, 1 pound of eddoes, and 1 sweet potato by peeling and cubing them.

Add the cubed vegetables to the pot once the black-eyed peas are tender.

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