Vegetable Beef Soup - Basic Recipe

Name: Vegetable Beef Soup - Basic Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8-10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb ground round; 1 cup chopped onion; 1 cup chopped celery; 1 cup chopped carrot; 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes; 2 cups tomato juice or 3 cups v 8 vegetable juice; 2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans condensed beef broth; 2 1/2 cups water; 1 (15 ounce) can cut green beans, drained; 3 cups vegetables, of choice (yellow corn, shoe-peg corn, lima or butter beans, green peas, large potato, peeled and diced, whatev); 1 1/2 tablespoons parsley flakes; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

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Recipe by Impera_Magna

My mother never made soup from scratch so I never learned how. After trying a number of soup recipes from Zaar, I came up with this recipe as a guideline for a basic veggie beef soup. I often throw in whatever veggies I have around so the soup is never exactly the same two times running; however, soup-making isn't an exact science as is baking. I'm posting the recipe so that I can give it out easily; evidently, folks seem to really like it!

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READY IN: 1hr 5mins

SERVES: 8-10

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

1

lb ground round
1

cup chopped onion
1

cup chopped celery
1

cup chopped carrot
1

(15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1

2 cups tomato juice or 3 cups v 8 vegetable juice
2

(10 1/2 ounce) cans condensed beef broth
2 ¹⁄₂

cups water
1

(15 ounce) can cut green beans, drained
3

cups vegetables, of choice (yellow corn, shoe-peg corn, lima or butter beans, green peas, large potato, peeled and diced, whatev)
1 ¹⁄₂

tablespoons parsley flakes
¹⁄₂

teaspoon black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Brown meat in large pot along w/ onions, celery, and carrots.
Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30-45 mins til veggies and barley are done.
Note #1: I’ve been adding ½ cup pearl barley to the soup, which will be done in the amount of simmering time. Quick barley takes only 10 minutes to cook so you could add later.
Note #2: I’ve found that adding pasta, while good at first, it continues to absorb the soup liquid and get really big and the soup becomes more like a stew. If you’d like noodles, I would cook them separately and add them to the bowl just before ladling in the soup.
Note #3: You could also add rice, if you would like.

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