Hi Marsha, so sorry for that alarming Sodium number! I promise you that’s a mistake. I am literally in the midst of moving my recipe cards over to a new system and had a typo there.

I just recalculated the nutrition label, which shows on the post. The important number is 382mg sodium. And FWIW, depending on the products you use, it will be even lower. I make my own Chicken stock, which is totally salt free. My husband has high blood pressure so we are very aware of keeping that number as low as possible. But not everyone has homemade, salt-free stock, so I used a lower sodium, commercially prepared stock which does have a higher sodium amount. Also, we use salt-free canned tomatoes and I don’t add salt. So…as we make it, the sodium number is much lower…coming only from the smoked turkey.

Thanks for reaching out! I would not have known about the error had you not.

Lynn

Hi Rick, I should’ve made that more clear! Sort through the beans to make sure there are any little pebbles or nasty looking beans.

Hi Jill,

I think I’d pull the meat off of the bone and just use the bone for cooking. If you have it, you might want to add just a wee bit of liquid smoke…but I wouldn’t go buy it if you don’t have it. Enjoy! And, I’m very happy to have you here!

Hugs, Lynn

Hi Sylvia,

Most of the sugar and sodium is in the smoked turkey legs or hocks. If you used a cooked, not salted or smoked turkey breast, you would eliminate all that salt and sugar. Also, make sure to buy ‘no salt added’ tomato products and broth. Thanks for the great question I will add that info to the post as I’m sure you aren’t the only person with that question.

Lynn

The recipe sounds delicious. Is there a way to reduce the grams of sodium and sugar?

Yay hubby! It’s so perfect for leftover lunches too.

Hi Mindy, so glad you enjoyed it as much as we do! And leftovers are always better.