Can this made with uncooked turkey pieces? I boned a turkey breast and have the bones with scraps of raw meat!
Jessica Fisher
Yes that’s fine. The meat will cook in the long simmer.
Jenny
Can’t I just use this for soup tonight if I take the bones out?
Add some noodles to it and have turkey noodle soup?
Jessica Fisher
Yes, strain it and you’re good to go.
Lee Hernandez
If you want clear broth, here is a nifty trick I use from my Better Homes and Gardens red gingham cookbook. When you are all done with your recipe, you put the broth back into a big pot. In a small bowl, mix 1/4 cup water, 1 egg white, and one eggshell, crushed. Add this to the stock; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; let stand 5min. Strain again thru a sieve lined with cheesecloth. When I have tried this, the broth was as clear as tea. Strange process, but great results.
Jessica Fisher
Thanks for the tip!
TSandy
Jessica I’m in the process now of cooking your turkey stock recipe. I had the remnants of a 22lb turkey and couldn’t even fit all the bones, water, vegies etc in the crockpot. My turkey carcass completely filled a Ziploc gallon size bag squished down. How much turkey carcass do you suggest to put into the crockpot when you make stock?
Jessica Fisher
That is a great problem to have! I would do 1/2 or 1/3 and then you can freeze the rest and make stock a different day. 🙂
Davina Gilroy
Thank you for your chick stock reciepe, I have been making it since I began following your blog. I use it to make to mashed potatoes last year for Thanksgiving and I was requested to make them again this year.
Jessica Fisher
Great! So glad to hear that it’s worked well for you!
Brighid
So what do you do with the giblets? Inquiring minds want to know… 🙂
Thanks! Your post is bookmarked and ready to go for broth making on Friday. Perhaps it should be called Repurpose Leftovers Friday or OMG There’s Mountains of Food Friday. 🙂
TSandy
Space in my two freezers are prime real estate. I always buy 3-4 turkeys during Thanksgiving sales and cook those throughout the year. One day the lightbulb went on and I realized that cooked turkey frozen took up a whole lot less space than whole raw turkeys. So the last two years in the days after Thanksgiving are filled with cooking turkeys in my Nesco. Then I make up freezer bags of turkey for various uses. No more jumbo frozen turkeys just taking up valuable freezer space.
Melissa W
This may seem kind of skimpY of me, but I hate wasting entire carrots and stalks of celery that I’ll just throw away. Instead, I keep a zip-top bag in the freezer for “soup veggies”. In it, I throw the tops and ends of carrots, celery, onions, garlic, bell peppers, or anything that sounds good. I add a bag or two of those to my crock pot instead. That way I’m getting the flavor from vegetable parts I would have thrown away, too.
Jessica Fisher
It’s a great strategy!
CeCee
I do the exact same thing!!! I also have a bag for Chicken scraps because we mostly purchase bone in skin on Chicken breast. Then when I have enough scraps… Tahhhdahhh. Soup
Jenny
That is a great idea!
Angela
Not skimpy at all! Very smart and useful tip that helps cut down on so much food waste! Gonna start doing this! Thanks for sharing!
Diinaus
When things are tight once I’ve strained the stock the inedible bits ie onion skins and hard bones are removed. The rest of the ingredients are pulsed in the blender and added back to the soup pot to stretch the meal further by adding fibre
Martha
Can this made with uncooked turkey pieces? I boned a turkey breast and have the bones with scraps of raw meat!
Jessica Fisher
Yes that’s fine. The meat will cook in the long simmer.
Jenny
Can’t I just use this for soup tonight if I take the bones out?
Add some noodles to it and have turkey noodle soup?
Jessica Fisher
Yes, strain it and you’re good to go.
Lee Hernandez
If you want clear broth, here is a nifty trick I use from my Better Homes and Gardens red gingham cookbook. When you are all done with your recipe, you put the broth back into a big pot. In a small bowl, mix 1/4 cup water, 1 egg white, and one eggshell, crushed. Add this to the stock; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; let stand 5min. Strain again thru a sieve lined with cheesecloth. When I have tried this, the broth was as clear as tea. Strange process, but great results.
Jessica Fisher
Thanks for the tip!
TSandy
Jessica I’m in the process now of cooking your turkey stock recipe. I had the remnants of a 22lb turkey and couldn’t even fit all the bones, water, vegies etc in the crockpot. My turkey carcass completely filled a Ziploc gallon size bag squished down. How much turkey carcass do you suggest to put into the crockpot when you make stock?
Jessica Fisher
That is a great problem to have! I would do 1/2 or 1/3 and then you can freeze the rest and make stock a different day. 🙂
Davina Gilroy
Thank you for your chick stock reciepe, I have been making it since I began following your blog. I use it to make to mashed potatoes last year for Thanksgiving and I was requested to make them again this year.
Jessica Fisher
Great! So glad to hear that it’s worked well for you!
Brighid
So what do you do with the giblets? Inquiring minds want to know… 🙂
Jessica Fisher
When I have the whole turkey, I do this: http://lifeasmom.com/2008/11/recipe-swap-thanksgiving-side-dishes.html
Brighid
Thanks! Your post is bookmarked and ready to go for broth making on Friday. Perhaps it should be called Repurpose Leftovers Friday or OMG There’s Mountains of Food Friday. 🙂
TSandy
Space in my two freezers are prime real estate. I always buy 3-4 turkeys during Thanksgiving sales and cook those throughout the year. One day the lightbulb went on and I realized that cooked turkey frozen took up a whole lot less space than whole raw turkeys. So the last two years in the days after Thanksgiving are filled with cooking turkeys in my Nesco. Then I make up freezer bags of turkey for various uses. No more jumbo frozen turkeys just taking up valuable freezer space.
Melissa W
This may seem kind of skimpY of me, but I hate wasting entire carrots and stalks of celery that I’ll just throw away. Instead, I keep a zip-top bag in the freezer for “soup veggies”. In it, I throw the tops and ends of carrots, celery, onions, garlic, bell peppers, or anything that sounds good. I add a bag or two of those to my crock pot instead. That way I’m getting the flavor from vegetable parts I would have thrown away, too.
Jessica Fisher
It’s a great strategy!
CeCee
I do the exact same thing!!! I also have a bag for Chicken scraps because we mostly purchase bone in skin on Chicken breast. Then when I have enough scraps… Tahhhdahhh. Soup
Jenny
That is a great idea!
Angela
Not skimpy at all! Very smart and useful tip that helps cut down on so much food waste! Gonna start doing this! Thanks for sharing!
Diinaus
When things are tight once I’ve strained the stock the inedible bits ie onion skins and hard bones are removed. The rest of the ingredients are pulsed in the blender and added back to the soup pot to stretch the meal further by adding fibre