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This comforting turkey pot pie soup with a buttery, flaky pie crust top is my favorite way to use up Thanksgiving turkey leftovers.

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When it comes to leftover Thanksgiving turkey, I’ve got lots of delicious inspiration. From my curry turkey pot pie and turkey avocado tetrazzini to turkey chili, there’s something for everyone. After all, there’s only so many turkey sandwiches you can eat. In an attempt to do right by these leftovers, I sought to develop something ultra comforting. Meet your new favorite comfort food: Turkey Pot Pie Soup.

This turkey pot pie soup is coziness in a bowl. It’s loaded with comfort food flavors for a perfectly brothy dinner. It’s hearty too, thanks to plenty of potatoes, carrots, onion, celery and, peas. I’ve even added a nod to my fave pot pie’s crusty base by creating pie crust toppers in whatever shape suits your fancy. I chose stars and little rounds. I’m festive that way.

What’s in This Turkey Pot Pie Soup

The traditional pot pie flavors of onion, carrots, potatoes and celery are all represented in this pie.

Here are the ingredients you’ll need:

1 double crust pie dough
Butter
Canola oil
Celery
Yellow onion
White wine
Fresh thyme
All-purpose flour
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Turkey or chicken stock
Half and half
Cooked turkey meat
Carrots
White potatoes
Frozen peas
Dried marjoram

How to Make This Turkey Pot Pie Soup

This soup is easy to make, just be sure to cut your veggies all about the same size so each spoonful is proportioned just right.

Here’s how to make it:

Sauté the veggies. In a large dutch oven or heavy bottom stock pot, melt the butter with the canola oil over medium heat. Cook the celery and onion until beginning to become soft, about 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the wine and reduce. Add the white wine and thyme sprigs and cook until the wine reduces into the vegetables.

Thicken it up. Add the flour to a small bowl with ¾ to 1 cup of the turkey stock and whisk until combined. Add the flour mixture to the vegetables and cook for 4-5 minutes, stirring often. Season with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Whisk in the rest of the turkey stock and half and half, whisking so no clumps appear.

Stir in the turkey and remaining veggies and simmer. Add the turkey meat, carrots, potatoes, frozen peas and marjoram. Cook for 20 minutes or until potatoes and carrots are fork tender.

Prep the pie crust topping. Meanwhile, preheat your oven to 400°F. Roll out the refrigerator pie crust and dust lightly with flour.

Cut or shape. Cut out the pie crust into discs or shapes and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Brush and bake. Brush the tops with the reserved 1 tablespoon of milk and bake for 5 minutes. Serve the soup topped with the baked pie dough discs.

Tips for Making Turkey Pot Pie Soup

For a pot pie, I like to chop my turkey into cubes rather than shred with forks. It just makes it that much more “pot pie-ish” to me in resembling those old frozen Swanson pot pies I had when I was a kid. I had leftovers after I made this turkey (the most flavorful I think I’ve yet to make) or if you don’t have leftovers, here’s my favorite way to bake a simple turkey breast solo.

The broth is a combo of turkey stock and half and half with a bit of wine (this is my favorite for drinking, so it’s often used in my cooking) cooked into the floured and browned veggie mix for just a bit of a kicked up flavor. If you don’t like cooking with alcohol, you can skip this step.

The flavor builder that helps this soup most resemble pot pie is the addition of fresh thyme leaves and dried marjoram. The marjoram gives it just the right earthy, poultry-enhanced flavor I was looking for. Don’t miss adding this herb. It’s essential for replicating the pot pie flavors.

Refrigerator pie crust comes in for the save by delivering a fun presentation addition and a handy accessory for dipping into the soup. Be sure to watch how long you bake your cut pie dough discs because they can turn on you in a minute and be burned to a crisp (like I did here!).

More Recipe Ideas for Leftover Turkey

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