Slow Cooker Turkey Wild Rice Soup
Slow Cooker Turkey Wild Rice Soup is perfect for Thanksgiving leftovers or for using turkey breast tenderloins!
Fun fact: Marc and I met at a Panera. I used to study at the local Panera during grad school and as fate had it, so did he. His curly hair, loud and infectious laugh, and killer smile caught my eye and I just knew I couldn't leave that day without saying something to him.
I had actually never "picked up" a guy before so I had no idea what I was doing. Since I knew he was in the health sciences field from the conversation he was having with his friend (I was totally eavesdropping), I made up some medical question to ask him.
Kudos to him because I remember he actually knew the answer. It turns out that this isn't at all surprising now because he's the smartest person I know. It took a couple more times of "running into each other" at Panera for him to ask me out and after our first date, I just knew he was the one.
Sooooo what does this have to do with Turkey Wild Rice Soup? Well, if there was one thing I learned very quickly about Marc, it was his go-to order at Panera. Almost every time he'd order a Sierra turkey sandwich with chicken wild rice soup in a bread bowl. And a side of chips. The boy can eat and I love that about him.
Time to Make It at Home
Since he always gets his chicken wild rice soup fix at Panera, I've only made chicken wild rice soup a couple of times. Now that we don't live close to a Panera, it was time to make it at home!
Now that I've made this super creamy and easy slow cooker turkey wild rice soup, I can see us making it at least a couple of times a month. I've already made it twice in one week!
So obviously I didn't use chicken, like a traditional wild rice soup would have, but instead used Jennie-O's extra-lean turkey breast tenderloins. Obviously you could certainly use chicken breasts if you prefer. I have been loving the turkey breast tenderloins as a quick and healthy source of protein! You could also use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey next month.
This recipe starts with just dumping the turkey, the veggies, seasoning and broth into the slow cooker and letting it cook. Easy peasy.
To get the soup creamy, I made a roux and stirred it in and it worked like a charm. I like this method as opposed to using condensed soups because of all the yucky ingredients in condensed soups and it doesn't take more than 10 minutes.
I served ours with homemade sourdough rolls and it really was just like we were back at Panera!
Slow Cooker Turkey Wild Rice Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound Jennie-O Turkey Tenderloins
- 1 cup uncooked wild rice blend
- 4 carrots diced (about 1 cup)
- 3 stalks celery diced (about 1 cup)
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 1 ½ teaspoons poultry seasoning
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- ½ cup flour
- 2 cups whole milk
Instructions
- Add turkey, wild rice blend, carrots, celery, onion, poultry seasoning, salt, chicken broth, and water to slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours.
- Once cooked, remove turkey from slow cooker and shred. Return to slow cooker.
- In a separate large pot, add butter over medium heat.
- Once melted, add flour and stir until combined.
- Slowly add milk, whisking constantly.
- Let cook for 1-2 minutes, until all flour is whisked in and milk is slightly thickened.
- Stir milk mixture into slow cooker, until well combined.
- Taste and season with additional salt and pepper, to your preference.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
This post was sponsored by Jennie-O Turkey but all opinions are my own!
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More soup and turkey recipe ideas
Slow Cooker Minestrone
Creamy Cooker Chicken Wild Rice Soup
Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup
Leftover Turkey Tetrazzini
Instant Pot Maple Mustard Turkey Breast {with Easy Gravy!}
Do you have a recipe for the sour dough rolls to go with it? YUM!
I used this recipe! http://redstaryeast.com/sourdough-sandwich-rolls/