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Soup season has arrived and we couldn’t be happier about it. This hearty ground turkey soup is made with simple ingredients and packed with lean protein, fiber, and delicious veggies. It’s a cozy, flavorful soup the whole family will love.
Need more lean ground turkey recipes or a low carb meal? You’ll love ground turkey teriyaki rice bowls or healthy ground turkey enchiladas.
This healthy soup recipe is packed full of al dente veggies, potatoes, and lean ground turkey. You’re getting lean protein, green vegetables, and tons of flavor in every bite. Bonus: You can add as many other vegetables as you’d like!
The best part? It takes less than 30 minutes to make and is a great freezer meal. We love to make a quick batch and freeze it for busy weeknights or take it to friend’s in need because it’s even better the next day, just like this sausage lentil soup.
Looking for more easy soup recipes that are perfect for weeknight meals? This creamy chicken and rice soup is both dairy-free and gluten-free.
How to Make Ground Turkey Soup
The full printable recipe card is below, but let’s walk through the steps with some photos and a video so you have a clear idea of what to expect. This healthy ground turkey soup recipe is really easy and these step-by-step instructions will make sure they turn out every time.
Step 1: Cook the onion, celery, garlic, and ground turkey: Heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once hot, add the diced yellow onion and celery and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes, until fragrant. Brown the ground turkey in the veggies until no pink remains.
Step 2: Add remaining ingredients and cook the soup: Stir in the rest of the ingredients and spices until combined. Turn the heat up to high and bring it to a boil. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat down to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the potatoes are fork-tender.
Taste and add a little bit of salt and more seasoning as needed.
Step 3: Garnish and serve: Serve hot with fresh chopped parsley and grated parmesan cheese.
Recipe Variations
- Swap out potatoes: Substitute with sweet potato or red potatoes. To save time, you can use canned diced potatoes.
- Switch up the beans: This recipe calls for white beans. Use navy beans, pinto beans, cannellini beans, or great northern beans.
- Add more toppings: Top this tasty soup with diced scallions, tortilla chips, saltine crackers, or finely shredded parmesan cheese. Squeeze a little fresh lime juice overtop for extra flavor.
- Use different meat: Substitute ground turkey with ground beef, ground chicken, or Italian sausage.
- Pile on the veggies: Add leafy greens like spinach or kale while the soup simmers. Or mix in more veggies like bell pepper, corn, or peas.
- Add a rice base: Serve it over white rice or brown rice.
How to Make Ground Turkey Vegetable Soup in the Slow Cooker
Cook the turkey sausage, onion, and garlic in a pan over medium heat then transfer to the slow cooker. Add the broth, spices, potatoes, beans, and veggies to the crock pot and cook on high for 3 hours or low for 5-7 hours. Add parmesan cheese to individual servings.
How to Make It in the Instant Pot
This delicious recipe can also be made in the instant pot. Select sauté mode and cook ground turkey, onions, and garlic. Add the broth, potatoes, spices, veggies, and beans and set to pressure cook/manual on high pressure for 8 minutes.
Quick release by turning the valve to the venting position when the timer goes off, allowing the steam to escape. Serve right away!
Freezing and Storing Tips
Storage: Allow the leftover turkey soup to come to room temperature and store it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to up tp 5 days.
Reheating: Reheat leftover ground turkey and veggie soup in a large pot on the stove top or in the microwave until heated all the way through.
Freezing: Freeze in an airtight container for up to 2 months.
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More Delicious Soup Recipes
We have plenty of hearty soup recipes to whip up on a cold day.
- Need a great recipe for another brothy soup? This instant pot chicken noodle soup is one of our favorite recipes.
- Looking for other healthy ground turkey soups? Try our turkey pumpkin chili.
- If it’s a pasta soup you’re in the mood for, be sure to try instant pot lasagna soup.
- Need vegan soups? Our copycat Panera Bread autumn squash soup is one of our most popular recipes. Vegan lemon lentil soup is also a winner.
Ground Turkey Vegetable Soup
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Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion diced
- 3 stalks celery diced
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 1 lb ground turkey
- 6-8 baby potatoes quartered (I used baby red potatoes)
- 4 carrots peeled and sliced into rounds
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can green beans
- 3 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 1 (15-ounce) can white beans
- 1 (32-ounce) carton chicken broth or vegetable broth
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper plus more to taste
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- 1 bay leaf
- Parmesan cheese and parsley for topping optional
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once it’s hot, add the onion and celery and cook for 2-3 minutes, until soft and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes, until fragrant.
- Add the ground turkey to the onion and celery and brown the turkey until no pink remains.
- Stir in the rest of the ingredients and spices until combined.
- Turn the heat up to high and bring it to a boil. Once it’s boiling, turn the heat down to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the potatoes are fork-tender. Remove the bay leaf and discard. Taste and add more salt, pepper, red pepper flakes, or Italian seasoning as needed.
- Serve hot with fresh chopped parsley and grated parmesan cheese.
Notes
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Equipment
- Large soup pot like a Dutch Oven
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
SO good! I made this recipe exactly and didn’t need to alter/add anything. Definitely will keep this in the Fall/Winter meal rotation.
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This was so good. I did skip the white beans for less carbs. Comforting and filling! #WhatWEMade
Thanks Jordin! So glad you liked it!
This is a delicious and hearty soup featuring a healthy array of vegetables. It’s a fuss-free comfort meal, perfect for a wintery night. We added chopped spinach along and some additional hot pepper flakes. #WhatWEMade
Chopped spinach is a great addition! It’s basically a salad:)
It was a winner with my kids and my hubby! (He is not a big soup fan!) We used ground venison. It was hearty and delicious. Will definitely keep it in the rotation.
Love when I make it into the rotation! Thanks!
This was super easy to make, I even had my kids help put it together. I love all the veggies ! Made a double batch to freeze for the cooler weather. Used fresh green beans and used my leftover beef broth with chicken stock .
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Thanks, Claire! Love that your kiddos helped out.
This was so so tasty and filling!! Left out the cheese by accident and it was still very good. Your soup recipes are always a hit in my house. #whatwemade
Thanks, Jamie!! We love soups too:)
I made it and it came out so delicious thanks for the recipe saved it for future soup makings
Welcome!!
I was looking for ideas for dinner and this recipe came up in my emails and I happened to have all of the ingredients! Except, I did use ground beef instead of ground turkey. Super easy recipe and checks all the boxes for nutrients and proteins! We had it on 1/2 and then had leftovers (it makes a lot) last night 1/3! Even better the 2nd night! I added some Monterey Jack cheese on top, so yummy! Both my husband and I were very satisfied!
It was meant to be! Glad you liked it:)
This is DELICIOUS! I didn’t have celery, but followed the recipe exactly otherwise. It’s so easy and satisfying, perfect for winter nights. I’ll definitely be making this again. #whatwemade
Thanks, Maggie!
Delicious! I made it vegetarian by using the frozen morning star crumbles instead of ground turkey and I used diced tomatoes with chilis for a little extra kick. Would definitely make it again. Thanks for another tasty recipe
Sounds amazing!
This hearty soup was so delicious and easy to make in my Instapot! I followed the directions exactly. My husband and I agreed this recipe is definitely a keeper! Thank you!!
Love that you made it in the Instant Pot! Love that it’s a keeper!
This was so good and comforting. I’m so glad I tried it. I Was actually excited when I realized it was still in the fridge and I could have more lol. Thank you 😊
Ahhh love that April! This is one of my favorite recipes right now. Thanks!
SO good. I followed the recipe exactly and didn’t need to alter/add anything once it was done. It is also very good over rice!
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Thanks Molly!!
Is it okay to use fresh green beans instead of canned?
Made this tonight for dinner and was a huge success…even for my 1 year old! Thanks for a simple yet tasty recipe!
I made this for my family earlier in the week and it was delicious! I doubled the recipe to allow for leftovers and added more salt, pepper and Italian seasoning than the recipe called for. Very easy and yummy!
Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Lauren!!!