Cream of Chicken and Mushroom Soup
- 1 chicken carcass
- 2 bunches green onions or 2 bunches scallions, roughly chopped
- 2 vegetable bouillon cubes
- 1 teaspoon Mrs Dash's extra spicy seasoning
- water to cover chicken carcass
- salt and pepper
- 1 (5 ounce) package dried shiitake mushrooms
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 2 cups kale, torn into bite-sized pieces
- 12 cup half-and-half or 12 cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 14 teaspoon nutmeg
- 12 teaspoon paprika
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 1 cup wild rice
- Place chicken carcass in large stockpot; cover with water.
- Add scallions, bouillon cubes, seasoning packet (or alternative), salt and pepper.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer 2 hours.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Strain and keep broth, reserving chicken carcass and any meat that has separated from carcass but discarding other solids.
- Remove any remaining meat from carcass and discard carcass.
- Put liquid from soup and chicken meat back into stockpot over low heat.
- Meanwhile, reconstitute mushrooms as directed on package.
- Discard mushroom water or save for another recipe.
- Wash mushrooms and pat dry.
- Place mushrooms in food processor and process until they are finely diced.
- Melt butter over medium-high heat in medium saucepan; add garlic and mushrooms and saute until mushrooms and garlic are browned (about 8 minutes).
- Turn heat down to medium.
- Add kale and stir, cooking until kale wilts, about 5 minutes.
- Add cream or half and half, thyme, nutmeg and paprika, adjusting amounts if desired.
- Remove 2 cups of chicken stock from stockpot; place in saucepan with mushroom mixture.
- Simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes.
- In a separate pan, fry turkey burgers or ground turkey (shaped into small balls) until brown.
- Drain fat; chop turkey burgers (if using) into chunks of about 1"x1".
- Add to stockpot.
- Add mushroom mixture to stockpot.
- Stir and simmer over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.
- Add rice to stockpot.
- Adjust liquid volume in stockpot with water, if necessary.
- Cover stockpot and let simmer until rice is cooked.
- Serve with crusty bread.
- Yum!
chicken carcass, green onions, vegetable bouillon cubes, water, salt, shiitake mushrooms, butter, garlic, kale, heavy cream, thyme, nutmeg, paprika, ground turkey, wild rice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cream-of-chicken-and-mushroom-soup-309601 (may not work)