Beef Vegetable Soup With Orzo

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"A simple, hearty soup. Using homemade beef stock is recommended. Posted 12-2-04."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb beef stew meat
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 cups beef stock or 5 cups broth
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) can spicy tomato juice
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 3⁄4 teaspoon salt, to taste
• fresh ground pepper
• 6 ounces medium mushrooms, thickly sliced
• 1⁄4 cup uncooked orzo pasta
• 1 cup fresh peas or 1 cup frozen peas
• fresh grated parmesan cheese

directions

1. In a large pot, over high heat, add the first 10 ingredients; stir to combine.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Lower heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour, 15 minutes.
4. Add in the mushrooms and orzo.
5. Simmer covered for 10 more minutes.
6. Add in peas, stir; cook uncovered for about 10 more minutes or until ingredients are tender; adjust seasoning to taste.
7. Ladle into individual soup bowls and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[GoBugsy]

I like this recipe because it is so versatile. I only had stewed tomatoes and regular tomato sauce so I substituted and it turned out delicious! To the soup, I added garlic powder, red pepper, celery salt, onion powder, a little italian seasoning and worcestershire. Oh, and a little seasoning salt. I am not heavy on the seasonings so the flavors did not overbear the natural flavors of the soup. I only had a few half opened packages of frozen peas, carrots, and corn but it worked out okay. The beef broth made it kick! Thank you for the recipe! I really wanted to make soup with orzo and this was perfect. (rated according to my version of this recipe)