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Creole Turtle Soup

Creole Turtle Soup

AuthorHouse of Smoke
RatingDifficultyBeginner

This is a classic Creole turtle soup-styled recipe from New Orleans. Easy to make... once you've ordered some of our turtle meat

Yields8 Servings
Prep Time20 minsCook Time3 hrsTotal Time3 hrs 20 mins
 1.50 lbs ▢2 1/2 pounds turtle meat on the bone, or 1 1/2 pounds boneless
 4 bay leaves
 salt
 1 cup flour
 8 tbsp unsalted butter
 2 celery stalks, minced
 1 green bell pepper, minced
 1.50 cups minced onion
 4 garlic cloves, minced
 1 18-ounce can crushed tomatoes
 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
 1 tbsp sweet paprika
 ½ tsp cayenne, or to taste
 ½ cup dry sherry
  cup chopped parsley
 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
 Grated zest of a lemon
 Black pepper
 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1

Start by making the turtle stock. Put the turtle meat into a large pot and cover with 8 cups of water. Add the bay leaves and about a tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil and skim the scum that floats to the top. Drop the heat to a bare simmer and cook until the turtle meat wants to fall off the bone, about 2 to 3 hours.

2

Remove the meat from the pot and pull it off the bones. Chop as coarse or as fine as you want. Strain the turtle broth and put it into a pot set over low heat to keep warm.

3

In a Dutch oven or other soup pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat and stir in the flour. Cook this, stirring almost constantly, to make a roux the color of peanut butter, which will take about 10 to 15 minutes.

4

Add the green pepper, celery and onion and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook another minute. Add the chopped turtle meat and stir to combine.

5

Stir in a cup of the turtle stock at a time until you the soup is the consistency of gravy. Add the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne and paprika. Add more turtle broth until the soup thins a bit. It should be thicker than water, thinner than gravy -- like chicken and dumplings if you are familiar with that. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft.

6

Finish the soup with the sherry, parsley, lemon zest and hard-boiled eggs. Add them all, stir to combine and simmer for a minute or two. Add salt, black pepper and lemon juice to taste. Serve alone or with rice.

Nutrition Facts

8 servings

Serving size


Amount per serving
Calories408
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 19g25%
Saturated Fat 9g45%
Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol 211mg71%
Sodium 308mg14%
Total Carbohydrate 24g9%
Dietary Fiber 3g11%
Total Sugars 6g
Protein 33g

Potassium 784mg17%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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Ingredients

 1.50 lbs ▢2 1/2 pounds turtle meat on the bone, or 1 1/2 pounds boneless
 4 bay leaves
 salt
 1 cup flour
 8 tbsp unsalted butter
 2 celery stalks, minced
 1 green bell pepper, minced
 1.50 cups minced onion
 4 garlic cloves, minced
 1 18-ounce can crushed tomatoes
 3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
 1 tbsp sweet paprika
 ½ tsp cayenne, or to taste
 ½ cup dry sherry
  cup chopped parsley
 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
 Grated zest of a lemon
 Black pepper
 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice

Directions

1

Start by making the turtle stock. Put the turtle meat into a large pot and cover with 8 cups of water. Add the bay leaves and about a tablespoon of salt. Bring to a boil and skim the scum that floats to the top. Drop the heat to a bare simmer and cook until the turtle meat wants to fall off the bone, about 2 to 3 hours.

2

Remove the meat from the pot and pull it off the bones. Chop as coarse or as fine as you want. Strain the turtle broth and put it into a pot set over low heat to keep warm.

3

In a Dutch oven or other soup pot, melt the butter over medium-high heat and stir in the flour. Cook this, stirring almost constantly, to make a roux the color of peanut butter, which will take about 10 to 15 minutes.

4

Add the green pepper, celery and onion and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook another minute. Add the chopped turtle meat and stir to combine.

5

Stir in a cup of the turtle stock at a time until you the soup is the consistency of gravy. Add the tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, cayenne and paprika. Add more turtle broth until the soup thins a bit. It should be thicker than water, thinner than gravy -- like chicken and dumplings if you are familiar with that. Simmer gently for 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are soft.

6

Finish the soup with the sherry, parsley, lemon zest and hard-boiled eggs. Add them all, stir to combine and simmer for a minute or two. Add salt, black pepper and lemon juice to taste. Serve alone or with rice.

Notes

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