This Instant Pot turkey rice soup is a simple hearty recipe for leftover turkey- bright, fresh, and loaded with vegetables! This soup has garlic, carrots, celery, rice, and leftover turkey. A great clean out the fridge recipe!
This soup is a great recipe for leftover cooked turkey after Thanksgiving or any holiday. Serve with a family style spinach salad and some easy homemade garlic knots for a great way to enjoy your turkey twice!
This Instant Pot Turkey Rice Soup Recipe Is
- Bright
- Fresh
- Simple
- Earthy
- Loaded with Flavor
- Gluten free and Dairy Free
- A great recipe to use leftover turkey!
No-Waste Recipes for Leftover Thanksgiving Turkey
I’m all about saving, reusing, or repurposing as much as I can in my kitchen. This leftover turkey rice soup is the perfect recipe to repurpose something you may be tempted to throw out.
Instead of tossing leftover turkey in the compost or garbage, you can repurpose it into a delicious and flavorful soup. I’m all about saving anything I can from my kitchen, and this soup is a great way to avoid letting leftovers go to waste! I also freeze my turkey too, and make soups with it later if I’m a little gobbled out.
What’s In This Pressure Cooker Turkey Rice Soup Recipe?
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- Cooked Turkey: You can use leftover turkey from Thanksgiving or a holiday, or use cooked ground turkey
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil: I like to use this fruity olive oil which has a fantastic flavor and deep color- it’s inexpensive & I like to keep a few liters stocked up in my pantry. For the quality of oil you get, it’s an excellent value.
- Garlic
- Onion
- Low Sodium Vegetable Stock – I like to use this low sodium vegetable stock for my recipes because it has great flavor… without all the salt. I always use low sodium or no-salt-added broth or stock to start, and then I can add salt or other spices later if needed. Check out more low sodium recipes here!
- Carrots
- Celery
- Bay Leaves: I always add bay leaves to every bean soup I make… it gives the soup a je ne sais quoi which is savory and delicious! When I lived in California I had laurel bay trees in my backyard, and I used to pick and dry the leaves… now I buy these online.
- Jasmine Rice – I like to use this fantastic jasmine rice, which has a little extra flavor than normal white rice. The long grains are perfect for this recipe too!
- Herbes de Provence: my favorite spice blend! This French blend has a mix of rosemary, thyme, sage, and savory for a wonderful and complex flavor.
- Fresh Parsley
One Pot Leftover Turkey Soup Recipes For the Win!
This Instant Pot turkey soup is the perfect one-pot lunch or dinner! I love a good One Pot Meal, especially during these fall months when the weather starts to turn cooler. Cooking everything in one pot is one of my favorite ways to get a meal on the table fast!
All the food gets cooked at once, which makes cleaning up a breeze. And the stove does all the work for you, so you can focus on other kitchen prep while the food cooks. One Pot meals are awesome for breakfast, lunch, or dinner – check out my link here to see other healthy one pot meals that are ready in no time!
How Do I Make Turkey Rice Soup in the Instant Pot?
- Chop cooked turkey into small bite sized pieces, and set aside. Use light or dark meat, whichever you prefer (I used both).
- Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode, and add the olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and sauté for 5 to 6 minutes until translucent. Add in the carrots and onion and cook for 3 minutes more.
- Add the cooked turkey, vegetable stock, bay leaves, herbs de Provence, uncooked rice, salt, and pepper. Set Instant Pot to ‘Pressure Cook/Manual Mode’ for 10 minutes.
- Once the timer has finished, allow the soup to naturally release for 5 minutes, then quick release the remaining pressure.
- Remove bay leaves from soup pot, and stir in the fresh parsley. Enjoy!
Instant Pot for Easy Soup Every Time!
For all my recipes I use the 8-Quart Instant Pot Ultra, its larger than the standard models (which are only 6 quart) so I have extra room to meal prep and batch cook more meals for the week. The Ultra model also has some great extra settings like cake baking and yogurt making which are really neat.
I love that everything can cook in one pot, which makes for way less dishes and hands-off cooking. The Instant Pot is hands-down my favorite kitchen appliance, and actually makes my life so much easier.
More Recipes With Cooked Turkey that You’ll Love!
Turkey Wrap with Cranberry Sauce Mayo Recipe
Hearty Turkey Bean Soup (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)
Instant Pot Turkey Alfredo (Dairy Free, Gluten Free)
Turkey Butternut Squash Chili (Paleo, Whole30, Keto, 21 Day Fix)
Turkey Tetrazzini from Thanksgiving Leftovers (Gluten Free, Comfort Food)
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Instant Pot Turkey Rice Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 sweet onion sliced
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 carrots diced
- 2 stalks celery
- 2 cups cooked turkey
- 8 cups No-Salt-Added Vegetable Stock
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon herbs de provence
- 1 cups rice I used jasmine rice
- 1 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground Tellicherry Black Pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Chop cooked turkey into small bite sized pieces, and set aside. Use light or dark meat, whichever you prefer (I used both).
- Set the Instant Pot to Sauté mode, and add the olive oil. Add the onions and garlic and sauté for 5 to 6 minutes until translucent. Add in the carrots and onion and cook for 3 minutes more.
- Add the cooked turkey, vegetable stock, bay leaves, herbs de Provence, uncooked rice, salt, and pepper. Set Instant Pot to 'Pressure Cook/Manual Mode' for 10 minutes.
- Once the timer has finished, allow the soup to naturally release for 5 minutes, then quick release the remaining pressure.
- Remove bay leaves from soup pot, and stir in the fresh parsley. Enjoy!
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