Turkey Carcass Soup - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 1 turkey carcass
- 4 quarts water
- 6 small potatoes, diced
- 4 large carrots, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cabbage
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, chopped
- 1/2 cup uncooked barley
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 1 pinch dried thyme
Instructions
- Place the turkey carcass into a large soup pot or stock pot and pour in the water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook the turkey frame until the remaining meat falls off the bones, about 1 hour. Remove the turkey carcass and remove and chop any remaining turkey meat. Chop the meat.
- Strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer into a clean soup pot. Add the chopped turkey to the strained broth; bring the to a boil, reduce heat, and stir in the potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, cabbage, tomatoes, barley, Worcestershire sauce, salt, parsley, basil, bay leaf, black pepper, paprika, poultry seasoning, and thyme. Simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 1 more hour. Remove bay leaf before serving.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Barley, Basil.
Barley is about the best grain a woman with PCOS can eat. It is low in calories and has the lowest GI of all grains. Low-GI grains such as barley take much longer to digest and create a slow, steady rise in blood glucose and insulin levels. As mentioned before on Fertility Chef, low-GI foods reduce cravings. If possible, try and find hulled barley as it is the most nutrient dense of all types of barley. Basil is an excellent stress reliever, and has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits.
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