Beef and Black-Eyed Pea Soup

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"From Gooseberry Patch From Grandma's Kitchen."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1⁄2 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 quarts water
• 1 (28 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen black-eyed peas
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2 tablespoons beef bouillon granules
• 1 tablespoon pepper (or to taste)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 1⁄2 cups cooked rice

directions

1. Brown beef and green pepper in a skillet; drain and set aside.
2. Melt butter an a large Dutch oven; add flour, whisking until smooth.
3. Cook and stir constantly for 1 minute.
4. Gradually add in water; stir until bubbly.
5. Stir in beef mixture and all the remaining ingredients, except for the rice.
6. Bring mixture to a boil; cover and lower heat to simmer 45 minutes-1 hour.
7. Add rice during the last 15 minutes or cooking.

Reviews

[dicentra]

Wow! This is really yummy. :) I had some stew meat to use up, so I cut that into tiny pieces and used that instead of the ground beef. I also didn't have green peppers, so I used about 1/3 of a jar of roasted red peppers. This gave nice flavor to the soup, but I think next time I'd prefer the green peppers. I only used 1 quart of water because I wanted a thicker soup. This worked well for me. I put about 4 servings (makes about 8-10 small servings) in the freezer, and I'm kicking myself now for adding the rice before freezing. Oops. Very tasty soup. I'll make this one again. Thanks for sharing. :)