Vegetable Beef Soup

Alright, time for vegetable beef soup.

my favorite.

I forgot to take a picture of the ingredients, but lets go.

1. beef (stew beef, left over pot roast, ground beef, chuck roast, etc)
I had leftover pot roast. I cut it into chunks and added that to the soup. You can also buy meat labeled "stew meat" at the store, or use cube steak or anything else. If you do this, coat the meat in flour and brown it in olive oil for about 10 mns before you add it to your soup!
2. can of peas
3. can of tomatoes or fresh tomato
4. 3 potatoes
5. 2 stalks celery
6. 3 large carrots
7. half an onion or two small shallots
8. 4 cloves garlic
9. rosemary, thyme, pepper, salt
10. 10 cups beef broth or beef bouillon cubes

psa: my video on how to use a chef knife is up on my post "vikings game day chili"


here we go!

heat some oil in a stock pot/dutch oven

add your mirepoix (onion/carrot/celery) + garlic

cut up a few potatoes

and add some beef broth to the mirepoix

I added the broth from my previously cooked roast! I strained out the carrots and onion because they were soggy. I know this looks like..well, it looks like literal shit. But its delicious. ANYWAYS. 

and more beef broth. 

I wanted more liquid so I added 8 cups of water and 4 cubes of beef buillion. You could also just use more beef broth, but I hate buying 10 cartons of that stuff. Its expensive and heavy. 

and 4 cubes of beef buillion.

tablespoon of worcestershire...(this stuff is strong, you don't need a lot. it provides the "umami" flavor, which means 'savory.' It is basically monosodium glutemate, or MSG. 

potatoes! I used 3. 

peas..

g beans.....

fresh herbs. 

cover and simmer for about 2 hours. bask in the deliciousness. 

If you want this soup to be thicker, brown your meat in flour first. You can also take out some broth, wisk in a few tbsp's of flour, and return it to the soup to thicken it up!