Doesn’t soup just hit the spot after the holiday meals?
Feeling lucky? Carve the wishbone from the turkey breast. Clean and dry the wishbone. Two people each grasp one end and twist until it breaks. The person left with the longer piece (the one who got the “lucky break”) gets to make a wish, a wish to be granted by the great turkey spirits!
Cooking the carcass for soup makes the kitchen smell like Thanksgiving all over again. I break up the carcass then simmer it for a few hours in water with rough chopped onions, carrots, and celery. Strain, cool, refrigerate overnight, remove some fat.
Add 2 bay leaves to the turkey stock and a generous cup of pearl barley. Cook for about an hour or so until the barley is tender. Meanwhile sauté chopped onions, celery, and carrots in butter until soft, then add sliced crimini mushrooms, and finally chopped garlic.
When the barley is tender, add the vegetables and leftover diced turkey to the soup. Simmer for about 10 minutes more, remove the bay. To finish, add chopped parsley. Salt and pepper to taste.
Wishbone lucky break or not,
May all your holiday wishes come true…
42 comments • Filed in: Tasty in General
This looks incredibly delicious!And I love your soupplate and bowl..
ronell
Great looking soup!
I like soup with all the little pieces in it, not so much into soup without texture. Anyone here do tomato soup? I do like that with grilled cheese, but honestly it isnt my number one pick.
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Great blog! Now I am hungry.
Love the photos! And the recipe too. Crimini mushrooms + barley is love! I love good looking and appetizing food
I haven’t done a wish bone in YEARS!
Gotta do that again
Geez, YUM! My husband made an excellent post-Thanksgiving soup, but I’d almost just as soon have photos like these. They last longer and somehow taste almost as good!
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I’m absolutely starving and craving that soup right now!!!
We always make soup, wild mushroom, wild rice and turkey soup. But this barley one sounds super good and good for you.
That is a fantastic looking soup!
oh my! soup with garlic, crimini mushrooms + barley – i love!
What an absolutely gorgeous looking soup and you’ve really done such a great job presenting it.
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yum! that looks good
hope you got to make a wish on the wishbone this year 
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That looks great!
1. Love the barely addition.
2. that soup looks so creamy and thick – with no cream.
3. i wish i celebrated turkey day in my own apt. this year so i could’ve done something w/ the leftovers.
I absolutely love making stock from the turkey carcass. I’ll have to try making a soup with barley.
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What a spread! I can actually smell it all!!! Can’t taste any of it though, how sad!
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You have an incredible blog! I want to try your Turkey Mushroom Barley Soup! looks delicious!
Of course the soup is divine but I want to see the terrine you served this in!
Soups are very essential and acts as a appetizer,looking at the pic alone has raise my appetite..bon appetit dudes
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Phyllis Richman, the great former Washington Post food critic taught me to use those bones from the Thanksgiving turkey to make great soup stock. Ever since, we have enjoyed leftover turkey soup! I shall try your barley tipp, sounds too delicious to miss. Thank you!
Oh utter YUM!
Maybe even better than the original turkey…sigh
Oh, what a great soup! Definitely a nice change after a couple days worth of rich holiday leftovers.
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It looks very nice!
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This is a delicious, nutritious and hearty soup! I love the fiber content of barley and the wonderful taste of mushroom. This soup will definitely be a hit in this kitchen!
Lovely, hearty soup! I see even the bones have a use
Soooo… Did you get the longer piece? 
simple and hearty meal-a good dip with bread!
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That’s a beauty of a soup and it brings back memories from when I was a kid. My mom always had my brother and I pull on the wishbone!
I enjoy barley, it is great in soup!! Nice photos as well!
Love the photos! And the recipe too: I like barley in soups.
Very creative idea!!Thanks!1
LL, Oh that’s so funny! We were on the same wave length! Crimini mushrooms too! It looks like a winter wonderland here right now, and it’s about 29 degrees, I just had a bowl, and you’re right. It just hit the spot!
Looking at this while sitting at an office desk is like borderline torture!
This is also a great use for leftovers!