Comfort food for the holidays! Use your leftover holiday turkey to make this Turkey Noodle Soup recipe or substitute shredded chicken any time of the year.
Love easy dinners? This turkey tetrazzini is a great way to use more of that leftover turkey! Or give our delicious Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup a try soon.
Leftover Turkey Idea
Tender pieces of turkey swimming in flavorful broth with hearty egg noodles make Turkey Soup a standby favorite way to use up those Thanksgiving leftovers.
Today’s recipe isn’t your ordinary Turkey Noodle Soup!
- With garlic and fresh basil, this soup is full of aromatic herb flavor and big chunks of veggies.
- Can use leftover turkey or shredded chicken in this versatile soup.
- Freezer friendly!
It’s everyone’s favorite leftover turkey meal! Serve this soup with our delicious turkey hand pies for a “soup and sandwich” meal!
Ingredient Notes
- Cooked Chopped Turkey – Cut leftover turkey into bite sized pieces or substitute cooked chicken instead! I’ve made this with a rotisserie chicken (shredded) from the grocery store with excellent results too!
- Chicken broth – Or substitute vegetable broth if you prefer.
- Basil – I use fresh basil or basil that I froze fresh for best flavor.
- Egg noodles – I use the wide egg noodles and add (uncooked) to the soup toward the end of cooking. If freezing the soup, do NOT add the noodles.
Recipe FAQs
The basil that comes in tubes will work great in this recipe! I haven’t tried it with dried basil but I imagine the flavor would work just fine too.
Stored covered in the fridge, this soup will keep for about 3 days.
The answer depends entirely on your preference. I usually use a combination of light and dark meat.
Serving Suggestions
One of the best things about having soup on the menu is that it can double as a light dinner or a side dish for a larger meal. Serve a cup of turkey soup as an accompaniment to a bowl of olive garden salad or sandwich for an easy lunch.
We love eating this for dinner with garlic bread on the side for soaking up all the leftover broth at the bottom of the bowl.
Serve your soup with a basket of fresh Dinner Rolls or Puff Pastry Bread Sticks for a hearty dinner. Or keep it simple and serve with a side of Saltine or oyster crackers to sprinkled on top.
More Soup Recipes
- Lasagna Soup
- Keto Soup
- Sausage Tortellini Soup
- Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- Chicken Taco Soup
- Instant Pot French Onion Soup
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Turkey Noodle Soup
Ingredients
- 32 ounces chicken broth
- 10 cups water
- 2 cloves garlic pressed
- 2 teaspoons chopped basil
- 4 cups cooked and chopped turkey
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2 cup sliced carrots
- 1 ½ cups sliced celery
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 12 ounce wide egg noodles uncooked
Instructions
- In a large soup pot, heat broth and water over medium high heat.
- Once soup gets warm, add in remaining ingredients (except noodles) and heat to near boiling, stirring occasionally. Keep covered, this will take about 20-30 minutes, and vegetables will soften.
- Once boiling, add noodles and boil uncovered until noodles are desired consistency, about 10-15 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Use our turkey recipe to create a flavorful base.
- STORE: store leftover soup in refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
However you choose to serve your homemade Turkey Noodle Soup I hope you love it as much as my family does. We look forward to our post-Thanksgiving turkey soup just as much (or possibly even more) than the actual holiday turkey dinner!
The whole family loved this soup! Next time I’m going to try it with my homemade noodles. A perfect way to use up leftover turkey!
Thank goodness I have plenty of leftover turkey! This is one of our favorite after Thanksgiving meals!
What a perfect meal on a cold day! This delicious soup make my whole family happy!
I tried it as is and it was very tasty. The second time I added 2 large onions sliced into ribbons and my left over gravy. Then for a bit more hearty soup I added a roux to thicken the broth about 2/3 the thickness of a good gravy and added some fresh parsley. It was amazing this way. Your recipe gave me a great start. Thank you!
My store does not sell the frozen herbs. Can I substitute the ones that come in the tubes that are sold in the produce dept.?
The ones in the tubes work great!!