Turkey Carcass Soup

Ingredients

• 1 turkey carcass
• 6 quarts water
• 12 peppercorns
• 3 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 onion, cut into eighths
• Pinch of garlic powder
• 1 cup barley, uncooked, or 6 ounces medium egg noodles, uncooked
• 2 (16 ounce) cans tomatoes, drained and chopped
• 1 cup onion
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

1. Combine first 7 ingredients in a large Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour.
2. Remove carcass from broth, and pick meat from bones; set aside.
3. Measure 4 quarts broth, and return broth to Dutch oven; refrigerate remaining broth for other uses. Bring broth to a boil.
4. Add barley or noodles. If barley is added, reduce heat to medium, and cook for 45 minutes. If noodles are added, reduce heat to medium and cook for 8 minutes.
5. Add turkey meat, tomatoes and remaining ingredients. Simmer for 30 minutes.
6. Remove and discard bay leaves.