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Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Luvsmyfam — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:33:55 GMT

For the life of me,I cannot get a good broth for my veggie beef soup.I always use cabbage, carrots,celery,onion and potato gorgeous veggies, and stew meat for meat.Better than broth is just not cutting it.All suggestions will be appreciated.Thanks bunches

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Zhills — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:48:42 GMT

Aunt Gladys’ Soup

1 lb of your favorite beef*, cut into bite sized chunks.

3 lg potatoes cut into 1/2” cubes
3 raw carrots or 1 small can
2 celery ribs
1 sm onion, diced
1 can diced tomatoes (14 oz) undrained
1/2 cup okra (optional)

I have added a small amount (1/4 cup) of cut up cabbage or greens after 20 mins.

Add 1 can chicken broth and 1 can beef broth (I use ‘Better than Bouillon’ and water)

Salt and pepper to taste. (broth is already salted)

Cook until veggies are tender and meat is done. About 30 minutes.

Broth can be diluted with water to obtain desired taste. Makes 3 quarts

*I use top sirloin but any beef will work. Use a tender cut or cook it first for a long time,'til tender!

I have made this one for 50 years! Always a hit!

My kids ate this for after school snacks and never got tired of it! Great with cornbread!

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

RedTop — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:48:09 GMT

I only make soup with leftover meat. Beef roast is cooked low and slow in beef broth, several onions and a heaping tablespoon of beef base. I make gravy from that broth, and use any leftover gravy in the soup.

If I make soup out of leftover pork, that pork has been cooked low and slow with onions, cola, brown sugar and chipotle peppers. I save that broth for the soup, which goes well with canned tomatoes. If I cook pork in broth and onions and make gravy out of it, that gravy goes into the soup.

Other options are an envelope of Lipton dry onion soup, a can of Rotel, a can of Manwich, etc.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Carmie — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:50:05 GMT

Good beef vegetable soup calls for a beef bone. The bone and marrow contains all of the flavor.

My parents owned a resturant. Beef vegetable soup was a BIG seller. Customers wanted to buy it in quarts to take home.

Start the soup with a beef bone and beef meat and add your cabbage, onions and celery at the same time. Add a bay leaf and the usual salt and pepper. Cook until the broth is rich and the meat falls apart. It will take a few hours.

Remove the bone and strip any meat from the bone and put it in the broth along with whatever veggies you desire. You can use fresh or frozen. Add a can of whole or crushed tomatoes...or use fresh.

I make my soup with a bag or two of mixed frozen veggies and add some fresh cubed potatoes last when almost done. In the summer, I add fresh veggies to the frozen ones.

You need a beef bone, cabbage and tomatoes and a bay leaf. Everything else can be customized to your taste.

It takes time to properly simmer the bones and veggies to get a good flavor.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Etoile308 — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:50:04 GMT

My favorite beef soup is Beef Barley. I like to go heavy on the tomatoes. For the broth I use a combination depending on what I have. If I can find inexpensive beef soup bones in the grocery store I'll start with using those for the broth.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Zhills — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:16 GMT

@Carmie

You cooked cabbage that long? Always heard to add that last.

"Can you cook cabbage too long?"

"Overcooking will result in limp, pasty cabbage and produce a very unpleasant smell. The unpleasant smell is caused by the sulfur compounds that are released when the cabbage is cooked too long." ???

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Scooby Doo — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 23:54:37 GMT

You can buy beef bone broth in the carton in your store on the soup aisle.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Carmie — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:05:36 GMT

@Zhills Nope, it always went in first. I never tried it going in last.

I guess either way is good. I love cabbage.

I never noticed a sulfur smell and the cabbage tastes sweet. It is soft though. I cut it in small pieces and it disappears and is not chunky.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

deepwaterdotter — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:38:04 GMT

I make this recipe from Southern Living magazine in my big slow cooker:

2 lbs cubed stew meat

2 cups chopped carrots

1 cup chopped celery

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 tsp kosher salt

1/2 tsp thyme

1/2 tsp basil

1 bay leaf

1 tsp garlic powder

7 cups beef broth

28-oz can diced tomatoes with juice

4 cups wide egg noodles

1 cup frozen peas

Stir beef, carrots, celery, onion, salt, thyme, basil, bay leaf, garlic powder, broth, and tomatoes in slow cooker. Cover and cook on high until beef is falling apart, 4-5 hours.

Stir in noodles. Cover and cook on high until noodles are tender, 10-20 minutes.

Stir in peas until warmed.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

4kitties — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:57:12 GMT

I almost always make my own chicken stock, but rarely make beef stock. I buy the beef stock sold at Costco. It is very good! In those 32 oz cartons, 6 to a box.

I usually add a tablespoon or so of Better than bullion low sodium Vegetable base to it too.

@Luvsmyfam

I bet you can find a good beef stock in the 32oz carton at your grocery store.

I have cut way back on my red meat but I like the beef flavor in my veggie soup.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:05:52 GMT

Back in the day when I cooked,I never used stew meat,top round(only

and trimmed all the fat.

Browned it in olive oil added broth from a can or box,maybe a dollup of wine,let it simmer till the meat was tender,then added the veggies and let those simmer till it tasted good.

Oh forgot,simmered onions w/ the top round.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

kze — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:11:45 GMT

I always use left over chuck pot roast. If you're starting out from scratch, the key is to flour the meat and really brown it until it's pretty dark and caramelized. At the same time I add some of my onions and caramelize them too.

For my liquid I use Swansons real beef broth (not flavored and never bouillon) and also V-8. I use spicy. Then I add the rest of the vegetables and spices, and simmer for quite a while.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

house_cat — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:19:28 GMT

Beef Macaroni Soup

Taste of Home - Debra Baker, Greenville NC

1 pound ground beef

2 cups frozen mixed vegetables

1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained

1 can (14.5 oz) beef broth

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 cup uncooked elbow macaroni

In a large saucepan, cook the beef over medium heat until no longer pink, then drain.

Stir in the vegetables, tomatoes, broth and pepper.

Bring to a boil and add macaroni.

Cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until the macaroni and vegetables are tender.

I posted this one on the May recipe thread. I haven't made it myself, but it looks good and very easy.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

ScrapHappy — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:28:38 GMT

This is my go to soup. I've been making it for over 20 years. My Mother gave me this recipe. Barely Vegetable Soup:

6 cups water

3 beef bouillon cubes

2 cups sliced carrots

1 1/2 cups chopped onion

1 1/2 cups chopped celery

1/2 cup chopped green pepper

1/3 cup barely

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

2 bay leaves

1/4 cup ketchup

28 oz can tomatoes undrained (I like to use petite diced)

8 oz tomatoe sauce

1 1/2 pounds ground beef

I combine everything except barely and beef. I left that simmer until vegetables are cooked. I cook the ground beef separately and add to soup. Add barely at the end and serve when barely is cooked.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

novamc1 — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:48:23 GMT

I've saved several beef/veg soup recipes, each different in interesting ways.

Variations to the broth include adding one or more of the following............

Worcestershire sauce, steak sauce, spicy V-8 vegetable juice, tomato sauce or tomato paste, Italian-seasoned stewed tomatoes, fresh choppped garlic cloves, thyme, basil, soy sauce, dry red wine.

It's fun to experiment.

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

Zhills — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:04:27 GMT

I don't experiment much! When I make this pot of soup I know exactly what I want it to tase like! That's why I want to make it!

I never brown the meat for Beef Veggie soup, I do for Beef Barley or Beef stew!

I don't like the combination of veggies in the mixed or soup veggies that are frozen. Don't want green beans or lima beand or corn in my soup! I like them, just not in my Veggie soup!

Re: Hankering for a good,easy veggie beef soup

ECBG — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:31:36 GMT

@Zhills wrote:
@Carmie

You cooked cabbage that long? Always heard to add that last.

"Can you cook cabbage too long?"

"Overcooking will result in limp, pasty cabbage and produce a very unpleasant smell. The unpleasant smell is caused by the sulfur compounds that are released when the cabbage is cooked too long." ???

@Zhills

In soup, you can cook vegetables to your prefered preference of doneness. The nutrients go into the broth so nothing is lost.