Turkey broth is not only a hearty dish, but also healthy. It is recommended for a decrease in immunity, with flu and colds. Exists in a dietary option for those who value a figure.

Classic turkey broth in a pan

The classic broth recipe requires the following ingredients:

  • turkey back - 400 g;
  • onion - 1 pc.

You will need spices to your taste: bay leaf, black and allspice, red pepper. Fans of oriental cuisine can give the dish interesting shades by adding turmeric or a pinch of curry to it. The cooking process is simple:

  1. Rinse meat with warm water.
  2. Peel the onion.
  3. Put the meat and onion in a pan, pour cold water.
  4. Turn on the fire at full power, bring the water to a boil, reduce it to medium.
  5. Add bay leaf, pepper and salt.
  6. Wait 40 minutes, remove meat, onion and spices from the broth.

The resulting broth can be drunk just like that, you can make soup on its basis.

To make it transparent and beautiful, you need to monitor the cooking process and remove the resulting foam with a slotted spoon.

Cooking in a slow cooker

Cooking turkey broth in a slow cooker is no more difficult than in a pan. You will need:

  • turkey back - 400 g;
  • onion - 1 pc.

Spices are the same, the amount to taste. The process is very simple:

  1. Rinse the turkey in warm water, peel the onion.
  2. Put meat, onion and spices in a multicooker bowl, pour 2 liters of water.
  3. Set the "Extinguishing" mode for 2 hours, close the lid, turn on.
  4. After an hour, remove the meat and onion from the broth.

Use as directed.

In order not to boil the broth every time anew, you can pour it into containers and put it in the freezer. When you want soup, get it, boil it, fill in cereals, vegetables or pasta, and bring to readiness.

Dietary option of poultry fillet

For those who follow the figure, the classic broth from the back may seem too fat and high in calories. In this case, you can cook the broth from the turkey fillet - its calorie content does not exceed 30 calories, despite the fact that it is quite satisfying.

Would need:

  • turkey breast or thigh fillet - 500 g;
  • water - 1 l.

And, of course, spices to taste. The more aromatic the broth will be, the tastier it will seem, the less it will seem dietary and bland. The cooking process is simple:

  1. Rinse the fillet in warm water and cut into several pieces to cook faster.
  2. Put in a pan, pour cold water, add spices.
  3. Cook for 50 minutes, not forgetting to remove the foamy flakes.

The result is a broth that is transparent, like a tear, from which you can easily cook diet soup.

Turkey drumstick or thigh broth

A turkey drumstick or thigh gives a fat, tasty broth. It helps those patients who are not able to take solid or heavy food.

 

Would need:

  • drumstick or thigh - 500 g;
  • water - 1 l.

The broth is prepared according to the same principle as the fillet broth, but it is necessary to cook it not for 50 minutes, but for about 1.5 hours. When it is ready, it remains only to pull out the shin or thigh, cut the meat from them and use it in soup or in the second dish.

How to cook from the neck of a bird

 

Turkey neck also gives a rich broth, and if you put them 3 times more than according to the classic recipe, you can get jellied meat. True, to make it truly delicious, you need to familiarize yourself with some of the subtleties.

For the broth, you will need:

  • turkey neck - 500 g;
  • water 1 liter.

The cakes are boiled faster than the drumstick and even faster than the fillet - only half an hour.

Turkey Broth Soups

And, of course, there are a huge number of ways not only to cook a delicious broth, but to make soup.

The first is the simplest. You will need:

  • turkey meat - 500 g;
  • water - 1.5 l;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • potatoes - 3 pcs.;
  • carrots - 1 pc.

This is a recipe for vegetable soup, which is perfect for those who are on a diet. Need to:

  1. Cook the broth, get the meat out of it.
  2. Peel the onion, potatoes and carrots.
  3. Onion cut into thin, almost transparent, half rings.
  4. Carrots - thin rings.
  5. Potatoes - diced and add to the broth.
  6. Fry the onions in a pan (you can without adding oil) until half cooked, then add carrots to it. Bring to readiness.
  7. When the potatoes are almost soft, add a mixture of onions and carrots to the broth.
  8. Remove the meat from the bone, cut into cubes and add to the broth.
  9. Salt, pepper, boil for another 5 minutes.

Serve sprinkled with fresh herbs. You can replace potatoes with 100 grams of rice or other cereals - such a soup will be more satisfying.

The second recipe is more interesting - soup with cheese balls. It will be required for the base:

  • turkey meat - 500 g;
  • half hot chili pepper;
  • onion - 1 pc.;
  • carrot - 1 pc.;
  • water - 2 l.

And for cheese balls:

  • hard cheese - 100 g;
  • butter - 20 g;
  • perfect egg - 1 pc.;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. l

The cooking process takes place in several stages:

  1. Prepare the broth by adding not only the onion, but also the carrot. When it boils for the first time, add chili peppers and reduce heat.
  2. Cut the butter thinly and leave in a bowl until soft. Grind until smooth.
  3. Grate the cheese, break the egg and add to the butter.
  4. Add flour and mix thoroughly until smooth. Optionally, you can add more greens.
  5. When the broth is 5 minutes before ready, remove the onion and turkey. Remove the meat from the bone and add it back.
  6. Dip the spoon into the hot broth, quickly separate with it the cheese ball from the total mass and lower it into the broth.
  7. When the mass runs out, allow the broth to boil, hold for another 5 minutes and turn it off.

Serve sprinkled with fresh herbs.

Balls can be formed with your hands, but so that the mass does not stick to them, you must first moisten them with water.

The benefit of the broth does not change, regardless of whether it is made of turkey breast, filet or drumstick. Only calorie content and cooking time change.

In order for the result to be beautiful, it is worth remembering about the foam: it must be removed. Experienced housewives are advised not to peel the husk from the bulb, but only to rinse it. It contains many useful substances for the body.

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