Recipe - Leftover Turkey Soup

Leftover turkey bits with or
without bones.
Gingerto taste (I used
several oneinchlong
chunks, but I was using
somewhat old ginger.)
Garlic
Onions
A little orange juice
Ground cayenne pepper

Peel ginger, cut into large chunks. Chop onion into chunks, skin garlic and
separate into cloves, cutting off the hard bottom of each clove. Put all
the ingredients into a large pot, except the orange juice and ground
cayenne. Have the pot's cover nearby.

In a separate pot, heat some water to the boiling point.

Pour boiling water into the pot with the soup ingredients. Add just enough
water to cover all ingredients.

Simmer soup for several hours, in order to make stock.

Strain soup. Keep the liquid, and discard the restunless you are
incredibly thrifty and want to add the meat to the soup.

Allow soup to cool. Strain the fat off the top. You may want to reserve the
fat for dumplings, since the fat will be wellflavored with garlic and
ginger.

Heat soup, stir in ground cayenne. Allow to simmer for about One half hour.
Raise to a boil, add dumplings, or rice, or what have you, at this time.
Add the orange juice. Adjust seasonings.

Serve.

I bet this would taste good if a star anise or two were thrown in with the
onion, garlic, and ginger at the beginning. Or, you could probably add some
Sherry just before serving as well.

Posted to Recipe Archive 23 Feb 97 by ted by: silverman.30@osu.edu on Feb
23, 97.