I was excited to find a smoked turkey drumstick at the store the other day, and decided it was time for soup. After all the lovely weather we had, it had suddenly turned cold again so soup was definitely on my mind.
I had my usual stock of veggies on hand – onion, carrot, garlic, cabbage, lemon. I decided to use my Trader Joe’s Taco Seasoning as a general mix.
Ooops, turns out the leg was bigger than the pot I have. Trip kindly got out a hand saw and cut the drumstick in half.
I like to sauté all the veggies first and get them just a little brown – that carmelization adds to the flavor.
I made a cheater stock (meat on the bone and onion) and let it simmer while I cooked the veggies. Then I combined it all together, simmered it for a few hours, and added some rice at the end. Soup for dinner and plenty for lunch the next day!
That last picture looks more like Turkey & Rice Stew………isn’t soup supposed to have some liquid in it?
Not that it doesn’t look delicious!
Rice just keeps absorbing the liquid, so that once soup often does turn to stew…