Meatball Mushroom Soup

Submitted by Cats Eye

"WOW!!! What a satisfying soup. It is so thick it is almost a stew. Just add crusty bread for a great meal on a cold winter night."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 lb ground beef
• 2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans mushroom soup
• 1 1⁄3 cups milk
• 1 1⁄3 cups water
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1⁄2 teaspoon instant minced garlic, see note
• 1⁄4 cup barley
• 1⁄4 cup elbow macaroni, uncooked
• 1⁄4 cup long grain white rice, uncooked
• 1 medium carrot, shredded
• 1 (4 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 deg.
2. Shape ground beef into 1" balls.
3. and bake until just done.
4. In a dutch oven combine soup, milk, water and onion.
5. Bring to a boil.
6. Add Italian seasoning, garlic, barley, macaroni and rice.
7. Reduce heat, simmer uncovered for 15 minute Stir in carrot, cover and simmer for 5- 10 minute Add meatballs and mushrooms to soup.
8. Stir in Parmesan cheese.
9. Cook a few minutes more until macaroni and rice are done.
10. Serve with crusty bread!
11. Enjoy!
12. Note: I used diced garlic from a jar.
13. Either way is OK.

Reviews

[Southern Bug]

Very tasty and filling and easy soup! I left out the barley, and just used pasta and rice. I added garlic powder instead of fresh garlic, subbed cooked frozen meatballs, and used chicken broth instead of water. The only disappointing thing was that the rice took long to cook. In the future I may make a couple changes to speed this up: stir in seasoned, cooked ground beef instead of meatballs and use only the elbows. Perfect cool-weather meal!

 

[A Good Thing]

This soup was a pleasant surprise. It's very hardy and very yummy. I expected it to need some dressing up with seasoning but in the end, it didn't need a thing. I followed the instructions exactly except that I used fresh portabella mushrooms as I didn't have canned. No problem at all. We loved it! Made for PAC Spring 2009 and what a winner! (-:

 

[smartblonde 2]

This was very good. I like the chicken broth idea might try that next time. I browned the meatballs first in my dutch oven, hubby doesn't like meatballs from the oven. I used small sea shells instead of the macaroni. Very thick. Thanks

 

[shdyldy]

I had some ground beef and mushroom soup and decided to look up a recipe and try something new. Wow, was this tasty! I used chicken broth also. Next time I may put a little grill seasoning in the meatballs. I had to add a little more milk after it thickened. I wonder if any kind of wine might be good in this? Thanks so much for something different for the holiday season!

 

[TnuSami]

This was very thick & tasty! I was very distracted the night I made it and let it cook way too long, which gave it almost a stroganoff consistency, but it was still great! My husband is a seasoning freak, so without tasting it, I added a bunch of garlic salt, onion powder & fresh black pepper, but the normal tongue probably wouldn't need all that! :) Thank you for a tasty soup recipe!!