Turkey meatball soup recipe
Warm up with a bowl of tasty & healthy turkey meatball soup. Filled with tender meatballs and vegetables, it's the perfect comfort food for a cold day.
Ingredients
- 500 g minced turkey shoulder
- 2 l chicken stock
- 2 carrot
- 3 medium sized potatoes
- 1 medium sized onion
- 0.5 tsp salt (add more if your chicken stock is not salty enough)
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 1.5 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp dry dill
- 0.5 tsp chili (or more if you like)
- 20 g butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
Ground turkey spices
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 0.25 tsp nutmeg
- 0.5 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp dry parsley
Instructions
- In a bowl, add minced turkey and spices. Mix everything well and set it aside.
- Chop the onion and carrot into small pieces. Peel the potatoes and cut them into 1 cm cubes.
- Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the butter and oil.
- Once the butter has melted, add the diced onion and cook for about 1 minute until it starts to soften.
- Add the diced carrot and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
- Pour the chicken stock into the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once the mixture is boiling, add the cubed potatoes and bay leaf. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 8 minutes.
- While the soup is simmering, shape the turkey mixture into small meatballs (about 1 cm in size).
- Once the meatballs are formed, add them to the pot. Stir the pot to evenly distribute the meatballs.
- Add additional spices to taste (pepper, oregano, paprika, dill, chili, and salt if needed).
- Continue simmering the soup for an additional 10 minutes. If desired, taste the soup and add more spices if needed. Simmer for an extra 5 minutes.
- Serve the soup hot, with a bit of sour cream or Greek yogurt on top if desired.