Spicy Italian Turkey Burger Soup
I’m a bit of a sucker for Italian food and this soup is one of my favorites. With the colder weather during this time of the year it always makes me want to curl up on the couch and enjoy a nice hot bowl of soup or chili. When I feel like something hearty but a bit lighter than chili (without all the beans) I like to make this healthy Italian turkey burger soup. Don’t get me wrong I love beans and I love chili but sometimes I want something just as satisfying that doesn’t leave me feeling bloated like chili can.
Ingredients
- 1.5-2 lb of ground turkey or ground chicken
- 5-6 fresh tomatoes diced or 1 large can of diced tomatoes.
- 2 cups of chopped carrots diced small
- 5 cups of celery diced
- 2 cloves garlic chopped fine
- 1 sweet onion diced fine
- 1 tbs each of fresh thyme oregano, basil (fresh tastes way better than dried I find)
- 2 tbs fresh parsley
- 1 chopped spicy pepper of your choice or chili pepper flakes omit if you don’t like spice
- 4 cups beef broth
- 4 tbs tomato paste
- Olive oil
- Salt and Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat oil in a frying pan
- Add ground turkey and cook until no longer pink.
- Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper, and sauté until meat is browned and onions are translucent.
- Put ground turkey in a soup pot.
- In your frying pan, add the carrots and celery and cook until they are slightly tender. Then add them to the soup pot.
- Put tomatoes in the frying pan along with the beef broth, tomato paste, and the herbs except the parsley and bring to a boil. Then place them in the soup pot.
- Stir all ingredients together in the soup pot until combined and summer on low heat for 40 mins. Add parsley at the end and mix together (save a little for the garnish on top if you want!)