Slow Cooker Turkey and Stuffing Dumpling Soup
ShareAn easy slow cooker soup recipe for Thanksgiving leftovers. Enjoy turkey and stuffing together in one flavorful bowl of soup.
A week ago or so I mentioned that I’d be doing some traveling. If you follow me on Instagram then you already know what I was up to. I spent this past weekend with one of my best blogging buddies, Julie. We’ve only hung out at conferences prior to this weekend so it was fun to get to do more than we otherwise could. She lives near one of my favorite cities so it was practically a must that we spent at least a little time there. So okay, not to bore you… I’ll just give you some of the highlights from the weekend…
All four of my flights were teeny tiny propeller planes, two of which I had to walk outside to board. Brrr.
Stalked Olivia and Fitz.
Saw Julia Child’s kitchen.
Cupcakes. Nom nom nom.
Saw Catching Fire. SO good. have you seen it yet?
The weekend wouldn’t be complete without Julie getting sucked into a turbojet engine OR…
Seeing The Discovery shuttle. Seriously cool!
Okay, so… moving on to Thanksgiving. You’re likely going to have leftovers and while I shared plenty of totally delicious options in this Turkey day/leftover post (which btw you should absolutely check out for scrumptious ideas if you haven’t already!), I wanted to share even more ideas. So, I made you soup. But it’s not just any soup. No, that would be boring. I made you a fully loaded and flavorful turkey soup, made with homemade turkey broth (totally optional when you make this soup yourself), packed with a variety of vegetables and homemade stuffing dumplings. Ridiculously delicious.
Best of all, you whip up most of this amazing dish in your slow cooker. Stop standing over the oven waiting for dinner to be ready. Prep it and forget it. The only added work this soup requires is the dumplings and that’s barely work at all. It’s also totally necessary in every way possible. In place of the stuffing ingredients below, feel free to use leftover stuffing for the dumplings. But, do follow the cooking instructions to create the perfect dumplings for your soup.
I promise, this is one leftover turkey soup that you do not want to miss out on!
Slow Cooker Turkey and Stuffing Dumpling Soup
Ingredients
Soup:
- 1 C yellow onion chopped
- 1 C celery chopped
- 1 C carrots chopped
- 1 C button mushrooms chopped
- 1 C whole kernel corn
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1 1/2 - 2 tsp salt
- 1 - 1 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp celery seed
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes optional
- 4 C turkey
- 5 - 5 1/2 C turkey or chicken broth
Dumplings:
- 3/4 C broth or milk
- 2 large eggs
- 4 C stale bread or stuffing
- 1/2 C yellow onion chopped
- 1/2 C celery chopped
- 1/4 C dried cranberries
- 1/2 Tbsp dried sage
- 1/2 Tbsp dried parsley
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground black pepper
Instructions
- Add all soup ingredients to the bowl of a 5 1/2-6 quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 425°F degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. In a large bowl combine broth or milk with 2 eggs. Add stale bread cubes. Toss and allow bread to soak up liquid. Add remaining dumpling ingredients. Toss to combine well.
- Using a large cookie scoop, scoop and transfer stuffing balls to prepared baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until browned.
- Serve soup with stuffing dumplings. Store remaining soup in an airtight container for up to several days or freeze with a container well labeled.
Notes
More slow cooker recipes to try:
Slow cooker Italian wedding soup
Slow cooker cheddar ale and bratwurst soup
Slow cooker loaded potato soup
Slow cooker chicken tortilla soup
Slow cooker beef bourguignon soup
Slow cooker mini meatball minestrone soup
Slow cooker chicken soup
Slow cooker Italian sausage meatball soup
I am jealous of your fun weekend with Julie! Sound awesome! As does this soup! What a great idea for Thanksgiving leftovers!
We definitely had a lot of fun! Thanks so much Tieghan! :)
Ah, I love love love these stuffing dumplings Rachel!! Such a fun twist. Glad you ladies had a great trip too!
Thanks Erin!
Stuffing dumplings?! My heart be still! Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!! xo
Thanks Marie – you too!
What a great soup recipe just in time for Thanksgiving!
Thanks so much Meagan!
Those dumplings look SO good. Craving!
Thanks so much! :)
Sounds like a great trip, I had fun following your adventures on Instagram! The dumplings in this soup are awesome, perfect use of leftovers.
Thanks Tracey! :)
Wow! This looks great… It would make a good turkey leftover dish :)
Thanks so much Laura!
I am loving this soup! Especially the dumplings!!
Thanks Stephanie!
Why have I never thought to put stuffing in soup before? What a great idea for dumplings! And it looked like you girls had such a fun weekend…loved all the pictures!!!
Thanks so much Jocelyn! :) You should give it a try sometime!
Ahh I love that you used stuffing in this in a huge a ball – that looks SO good!! I had so much fun with you this past weekend :) cupcake heaven!
Cupcake heaven for real! Wish I had one right now.
Oh my god, this soup is amazing!! I’ll take two bowls asap ;)
This is so clever Rachel!!! Just love it.
Thanks Laura!