Ground turkey soup is a healthy and filling dinner recipe made with lean ground turkey, diced tomatoes, and chickpeas. It’s a family favorite!
Ground turkey isn’t talked about enough. It’s an inexpensive, healthy, and delicious protein that can be added to many recipes. My hearty ground turkey soup is easy to make using pantry staples. Let’s make it!
INGREDIENTS
- Olive oil
- Lean ground turkey
- Yellow onion
- Bell pepper
- Garlic
- Kosher salt
- Italian seasoning
- Black pepper
- Fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- Chickpeas
- Chicken broth
- Dried bay leaf
- Fresh cilantro (or parsley)
STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey and cook for 4-5 minutes or until no longer pink.
- Add diced onions, bell peppers, minced garlic, salt, Italian seasonings, and black pepper to the Dutch oven. Stir and saute for 5 minutes.
- Pour in fire-roasted tomatoes, chickpeas, chicken broth, and bay leaf.
- Bring to boil, cover, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook for 10-15 minutes.
- Remove and discard the bay leaf. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with fresh parsley or cilantro.
RECIPE NOTES
- This ground turkey soup recipe works because it is budget-friendly, easy to make with pantry staples, and delicious!
- Ground beef or ground chicken would work instead of turkey. Even leftover turkey from the holidays works in this recipe.
- Other vegetables would work in this recipe like diced butternut squash, sweet potatoes, zucchini, and celery.
- Leftovers will store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or in the freezer
- for up to 3 months.
- Any color bell pepper will work (green, red, orange, yellow).
Craving more soup recipes? Give these a try:
- Medicine Ball Chicken Soup
- Creamy Chicken Poblano Soup
- Dairy Free Creamy Chicken Soup
- Red Lentil Chili (30-minute meal)
Do you have a sweet tooth after dinner? Try my coffee store-inspired Iced Lemon Snack Cake or fudgy, and moist Chocolate Avocado Banana Bread for dessert. Both recipes are easy to make with common pantry-staple ingredients.
Ground Turkey Soup
Ground turkey soup is a healthy and filling dinner recipe made with lean ground turkey, diced tomatoes, and chickpeas. It's a family favorite!
Servings: 6
Calories: 289kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound lean ground turkey
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasonings
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 14.5 ounces fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 15.5 ounces chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 1 dried bay leaf
- Fresh cilantro or parsley to garnish
Instructions
- Brown the ground turkey. Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey and cook for 4-5 minutes or until no longer pink.
- Add the other ingredients. Add diced onions, bell peppers, minced garlic, salt, Italian seasonings, and black pepper to the Dutch oven. Stir and saute for 5 minutes. Add the fire-roasted tomatoes, chickpeas, chicken broth, and bay leaf.
- Cook. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to a simmer. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf.
- Serve. Ladle the soup into bowls and garnish with fresh parsley or cilantro.
Notes
- This recipe works because it is budget-friendly, easy to make with pantry staples, and delicious!
- Ground beef or ground chicken would work instead of turkey. Even leftover turkey from the holidays works in this recipe.
- Other vegetables would work in this recipe like diced butternut squash, sweet potatoes, zucchini, and celery.
- Leftovers will store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days, or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Any color bell pepper will work (green, red, orange, yellow).
Nutrition
Calories: 289kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 1071mg | Potassium: 551mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 945IU | Vitamin C: 29mg | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 4mg
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