Brown Rice Turkey Soup

This recipe is from Taste of Home - Soups - 2009

Ingredients:

1 cup diced sweet red pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 sliced celery
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons butter
3 cans (14.5 oz each) reduced-sodium chicken broth
3/4 cup white wine or additional chicken broth
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups cubed cooked turkey breast
1 cup instant brown rice
1/4 cup sliced green onions

Directions:

In a Dutch over, saute the red pepper, onion, celery and garlic in butter for 5 - 7 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Add the broth, wine or additional broth, thyme and pepper. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in turkey and rice. Bring to a boil; simmer, uncovered for 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Garnish with green onions.

This was another recipe that we picked out to make use of leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. We enjoyed this one a lot, it had a great flavor and the rice was a nice addition.

I gave this one a 3 and my husband gave it a 3 1/2.