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Ground Turkey Soup with Rice, Kale, Mushrooms, and Butternut Squash

Ground Turkey Soup with Rice, Kale, Mushrooms, and Butternut Squash
  • Category

    Main Dish

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

1/2 large onion, chopped small

4 stalks celery, chopped small

2 tsp. + 2 tsp. olive oil

1 tsp. dried thyme

1/2 tsp. Poultry Seasoning

1 tsp. finely minced fresh garlic

10 cups homemade chicken stock 

2 T vegetable soup base

8 oz. brown Crimini mushrooms, washed and cut into bite-sized pieces

1 lb. lean ground turkey

1 lb. small cubes butternut squash, almost 3 cups of cut squash cubes

1 1/2 cups baby kale leaves or chopped kale leaves

1 cup cooked rice or brown rice

2-3 T balsamic vinegar

salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for serving

Directions

Chop the onion and celery into small pieces. Heat 2 tsp. olive oil in the bottom of the soup pot, add chopped vegetables, and saute until they’re starting to brown, about 4 minutes. Add the dried thyme, Poultry Seasoning, and minced garlic and cook 1 minute. Add the homemade chicken stock and vegetable soup base and start to simmer the soup. While soup simmers heat 2 tsp. olive oil in another large non-stick frying pan and cook the turkey over medium-high heat, breaking apart with the turner as it cooks. Let the turkey get nicely browned, about 8-10 minutes. While the turkey browns, wash the mushrooms and cut into bite-sized pieces. Add turkey and mushrooms to the soup and simmer 20 minutes before adding the squash. Cut butternut squash into small cubes, about 1/2 to 3/4 inch square. Add the chopped butternut squash to the soup and simmer 20 minutes before adding the rice and kale. Wash the kale When the soup has simmered 20 minutes with the butternut squash, add the riceand kale and continue to simmer 20-30 minutes more. Taste soup and add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste. Stir in the balsamic vinegar Serve soup hot, with freshly grated Parmesan cheese to add at the table as desired.