Warm up with a bowl of creamy turkey and wild rice soup.

By Julie Brinkley

If you have any leftover turkey you need to use, you’ll want this recipe for turkey and wild rice soup.

This creamy dish has all the feels you want on a cold day.

Click here to watch a video on how it’s made.

HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED

3 tbsp butter

1 medium onion

2 medium carrots

2 stalks celery

3 cloves garlic

1 cup wild rice

6 cups chicken broth 

2 cups cooked turkey

1 tsp dried thyme (2 tsp fresh)

1 tsp rosemary (2 tsp fresh)

2 bay leaves

1 tsp salt

½ tsp black pepper

¼ cup flour

2 cups whole milk or half and half

½ heavy cream

2 tbsp parsley

turkey and wild rice soup

Optional add-ins

½ cup corn

½ peas

1 cup mushrooms

1 cup spinach or kale

HOW TO MAKE IT

Saute onion, garlic, carrots and celery in butter; add seasonings and flour and combine. 

Stir in broth, cooked rice, turkey and milk and simmer for 10 minutes before serving.