Creamy Turkey Soup In Bread Bowls

This creamy turkey soup recipe is a delicious way to use up leftover turkey after a holiday feast. This homemade turkey soup is so simple to throw together, you and your family are going to love it. Want to add a little extra pizazz to the meal? Serve it in a bread bowl.

Creamy Turkey Soup In Bread Bowls

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I think we can all agree that turkey dinner is a wonderful thing. It produces a massive feast with days worth of leftovers. That being said, the same old thing day after day gets a little old. That’s why I’m thrilled to share this recipe for Creamy Turkey Soup In a Bread Bowl. It’s delicious and a fabulous way to mix things up and use up leftovers, without the “leftovers”.

Growing up my turkey soups were either turkey noodle or turkey rice soup. So making this creamy turkey soup was a fun change.

Gluten Free Creamy Turkey Soup

You can make this cream of turkey soup recipe gluten free by doing the following:

• Swapping all purpose flour for a gluten free flour (I used arrowroot powder).
• Swap the bread bowls for a gluten free variety, or skip the bread bowls all together (but that’s no fun).

What Bread to Use for Bread Bowls

When choosing a bread for bread bowls, look for a firm bread. You don’t want something too soft that will dissolve or not hold the soup.

For this recipe, I used sourdough buns but here are a few other options:

• Rye
• Italian rounds
• Pretzel buns

How to make a bread bowl:

• Slice the top off of a bun.
• Scoop some of the insides of the bun/roll out (not all, you want to leave a wall).
• I leave a thick wall to support the soup. Simply squeeze it together to make it a little more sturdy.

Creamy Turkey Stew

TBK’s Pro Tip: Use the full turkey and boil down the carcass and vegetable scraps to make a turkey broth. If you don’t have any on hand, chicken broth works just as well.

Container Counts

By popular demand, I am now offering the container counts for the Ultimate Portion Fix. I’ll be slowly updating all my recipes so you can use my recipes for Beachbody programs like 21 Day Fix, 80 Day Obsession, Liift4, and more.

Here are the counts for this creamy scallops recipe:

Full recipe: 6 green, 3 red, 4 yellow, 2 blue, 9 tsps.

Per serving: 2/3 green, 1/3 red, 1/5 yellow, 1 tsp.

How to Make Turkey Soup

I recently learned that most soup recipes should start with carrots, celery, and onion. It’s called a mirepoix Something about the aromatics (honestly, I don’t remember – give it a Google) that makes the soup amazing.

Thankfully this base is a staple with chicken and turkey soups so I was already in the habit.

A mirepoix ration is 2:1:1 in the order of onions, carrots, and celery.

What Spices Go in Homemade Turkey Soup?

In this homemade creamy turkey soup recipe, I used fresh rosemary and dried thyme.

Those spices are what I had on hand and I knew that they blended well with turkey.

Other spices that go in turkey soup are:

Fresh is always best, but if you don’t have any – that’s fine too.

• Parsley
• Poultry seasoning
• Sage
• Bay leaves

Supplies and ingredients needed for this cream turkey soup recipe

• Butter
• Onions
• Celery
• Carrots
• Potatoes
• Garlic cloves
• Rosemary
• Thyme
• All purpose flour (or arrowroot powder for gluten-free)
• Chicken broth
• Turkey breast
• Heavy whipping cream
• Salt and pepper
• 10 sourdough buns (or gluten free buns for a gluten free meal)

Turkey Recipes on The Bewitchin’ Kitchen

• How to cook a turkey
• Roast Turkey with Proscuitto, Rosemary, and Roasted Garlic
• Paleo Turkey Meatballs
• Turkey Vegetable Healing Soup
• Turkey Taco Bowl with Spicy Avocado Dressing

Tell me in the comments, what’s your favorite way to use up turkey dinner leftovers?

Don’t forget to save this recipe and pin it to your leftover turkey recipes board.