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Easy turkey soup

Name: Easy turkey soup
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 large onion halved and sliced into thin strips; 1 red pepper seeded and sliced into thin strips; 2 tsp ground coriander; ¼ - ½ tsp chilli flakes; 3 tbsp basmati rice or long grain rice; 1½ l hot turkey or chicken stock; 250g/9oz turkey meat, cut into thin strips (leg meat will have the most flavour); 410g can chickpea drained and rinsed; a handful of fresh coriander or flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped (optional)

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 35 mins

Ready in 25-35 minutes

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A warming winter treat, this spicy homemade turkey soup with chickpeas is a great use of Christmas leftovers - happy Boxing Day!

Freezable (Can be frozen)

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tbsp olive oil
1 large onion

halved and sliced into thin strips
1 red pepper

seeded and sliced into thin strips
2 tsp ground coriander
¼ - ½ tsp chilli flakes
3 tbsp basmati rice

or long grain rice
1½ l hot turkey or chicken stock
250g/9oz turkey

meat, cut into thin strips (leg meat will have the most flavour)
410g can chickpea

drained and rinsed
a handful of fresh coriander

or flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped (optional)

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal291
fat9g

low
saturates2g
carbs27g
sugars0g
fibre4g
protein27g
salt1.78g

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and fry for 5 minutes or so, stirring every now and then until it starts to soften.
step 2

To make the soup, add the red pepper, ground coriander, chilli and rice and stir round the pan for about a minute. Pour in the hot stock, stir in the turkey and chickpeas and season well. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes, until the vegetables and rice are tender. Stir in the coriander or parsley and it’s ready. (The soup may now be cooled and frozen for up to 1 month.)

RECIPE TIPS

MAKE IT YOUR OWN

Sizzle some chopped bacon with the onions. Pour in a splash of dry sherry before adding the stock. Any canned pulses can replace the chickpeas. Throw in some chopped sprouts – cooked or raw, it doesn’t matter. For extra zing, squeeze in a little lemon juice at the end.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, January 2003

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