Beef Vegetable Soup Food

BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a nonstick skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, breaking meat into crumbles; drain. Stir in salt and pepper. , Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 9-11 hours or until vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf before serving.

OLD-FASHIONED VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Cut meat into small, bite-size (1/2") pieces.
• In a large pot or dutch oven, saute meat in 1 T oil on medium-high heat until all sides are brown.
• Set aside on a plate.
• Chop celery, onion, potatoes, and carrots into bite-size pieces.
• Saute celery and onion in remaining 1 T oil until onion is golden (about 10 minutes).
• Add browned beef, water, broth, tomatoes with juices, carrots, potatoes, corn, bay leaves and garlic.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered until beef is almost tender, about an hour.
• Add peas and hot sauce to soup.
• Cover and simmer until beef is tender, about 30 minutes longer.
• Serve and season with freshly ground black pepper, hot sauce, or crumbled saltines, if desired.

VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Combine the tomatoes, tomato paste, garlic, serrano chiles, oregano, cumin, and 2/3 teaspoon salt in blender or food processor and puree.
• In large stock pot, combine chicken stock, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, onion, bok choy, celery, green beans, okra, pureed tomato mixture, salt and pepper. Bring soup to a simmer and cook 20 to 30 minutes, adding additional stock if needed. At end of cooking time, add lime juice (or balsamic vinegar).
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HOMEMADE VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Mix beef broth and beef stew meat in a large pot over medium heat. Bring broth to a simmer, reduce heat to low, and cook beef at a simmer until tender, about 45 minutes.
• Stir corn, green beans, tomato sauce, and tomato paste with the beef. Pour tomato-vegetable juice cocktail into the pot; season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook for 5 hours.

BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Season the beef as desired.
• Heat the oil in a 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook until browned, stirring often.
• Add the potatoes and carrots to the saucepan and cook for 5 minutes or until tender, stirring occasionally. Add the flour and cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir in the broth, tomato paste and thyme and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cover and cook for 40 minutes or until the beef is tender, adding the green beans and peas for the last 20 minutes of the cooking time. Season as desired.

EASY VEGETABLE-BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add beef, onions and garlic. Cook 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain.
• Stir remaining ingredients into beef mixture in Dutch oven. Heat to boiling over high heat; reduce heat. Cover; simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until hot. Ladle soup into 6 bowls.

HOME-STYLE VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, cook beef, onion and potatoes, covered, until beef is no longer pink and potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place carrots and 1/2 cup water in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high 5 minutes, until tender.
• Drain beef mixture and return to pot with carrots, corn, green beans, juice cocktail, water, salt and pepper. Simmer over low heat 30 minutes, until flavors are well blended and soup is hot.

BEEF BARLEY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, cook chuck roast until very tender (usually 4 to 5 hours on High, but can vary with different slow cookers). Add barley and bay leaf during the last hour of cooking. Remove meat, and chop into bite-size pieces. Discard bay leaf. Set beef, broth, and barley aside.
• Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Saute carrots, celery, onion, and frozen mixed vegetables until tender. Add water, beef bouillon cubes, sugar, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, chopped stewed tomatoes, and beef/barley mixture. Bring to boil, reduce heat, and simmer 10 to 20 minutes. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.

STACY'S FAVORITE VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large stew pot. Add the stew meat and thoroughly brown on all sides. Add red wine and deglaze pot, stirring in all the brown bits on the bottom until the wine is reduced by at least 1/2. Add the chopped onion and minced garlic and saute for about 5 minutes longer.
• Dump in all the other ingredients and stir well.
• Bring to almost a boil, then cover and reduce the heat to a simmer. Let simmer (almost bubbling), covered with the lid slightly ajar, 1 hour, stirring occasionally, until all vegetables are tender.
• Add more salt and pepper to taste, if desired, and discard the bay leaf.

CHUNKY BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Sprinkle beef with 1/2 teaspoon each salt, seasoning blend and pepper. In a Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Brown beef in batches. Remove from pan., In same pan, heat remaining oil over medium heat. Add carrots, onion and peppers; cook and stir until carrots are crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer., Add wine, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Stir in broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf and remaining seasonings. Return beef to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 2 hours., Add potatoes; cook 30-40 minutes longer or until beef and potatoes are tender. Skim fat and discard bay leaf.

GRANDMA'S SLOW COOKER BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Stir the beef broth, carrots, celery, parsley, celery seed, and bay leaves into a slow cooker set on High, cover, and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 2 hours.
• Place the ground beef, onion, and garlic into a skillet over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently to break the beef into small pieces, until the onion is translucent and the beef is browned and no longer shows pink areas, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain off fat, and stir the stewed tomatoes into the beef mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and cook, stirring frequently, until the tomatoes are broken up into small pieces.
• Stir the potatoes, corn, green beans, and peas into the soup in the slow cooker, and add the beef mixture. Stir everything together, cover, and set the slow cooker on High. Cook for 4 hours.

VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Place roast in a large Dutch oven. Add the water, barley, onion, celery, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 hours or until meat is tender. , Remove meat; cool. Cut into bite-sized pieces. Skim fat from broth. Add beef and remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF-VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In 8-quart stockpot or Dutch oven, place beef bones and water. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes. Skim off and discard any residue that rises to surface.
• Stir in bouillon, salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaves. Return to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours longer or until meat is tender.
• Remove beef bones and bay leaves from broth. Skim and discard fat from broth. When bones are cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; cut into bite-size pieces.
• Return meat to broth. Stir in all remaining ingredients. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

RICK'S VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, brown beef in hot oil.
• Add bouillon, spices, and water.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hour.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Return to boiling; reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer 1/2 hour or until vegetables are done.
• Season to taste with salt and black pepper.

BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• About 3 hours before serving: In a very large kettle over high heat, heat beef shanks, 2 tblsp.
• salt 10 cups hot water to boiling.
• Reduce heat to low; add remaining ingredients except frozen vegetables and potatoes.
• Cover; Simmer for 2 hours.
• I remove the meat at this point and shred it and get rid of the bones.
• (You don't have to do this, it's just my preference).
• Stir in frozen vegetables, a tablespoon of sugar or less to taste and 2 teasp of salt; cook 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• To Freeze: Cut meat from the bones (if you haven't already) and discard.
• Put soup into 1-quart freezer containers, leaving at least 1-1/2 inches head space for expansion.
• Freezes up to 3 months.

BEEF VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Put stew beef in a large dutch oven with enough water to cover it.
• Bring to a boil and add bouillon cubes.
• Simmer, covered, approx 1 1/2 hours or until meat is almost done.
• Check the beef occasionally to make sure you still have enough liquid in the dutch oven.
• Additional water (or beef broth if you prefer) may be added if needed.
• While the beef simmers, brown and drain ground beef.
• When stew beef is almost done, add all remaining ingredients.
• Simmer approx 30 minutes or until vegetables and pasta are done.
• If the soup seems to be too thick, additional water (or beef broth) may be added.