Beef Vegetable soup

[Aloha Baby]

I am looking for a good recipe to make this. I for the life of me cannot remember everythng to put into it. Help!

 

[piratesmate]

First, welcome to the R&S board! Everyone's really friendly and willing to share GREAT recipes!

I usually either cut up a lean roast or use beef cubes - cutting them very small. It works better if they're slightly frozen. I cover them in a LARGE pot with a couple quarts of water, add some beef bouillon and some Kitchen Bouquet or Gravy Master & simmer until tender. If I'm using fresh veggies, I'll add them before the frozen. I tend to use the bagged frozen veggies most often - the amounts depend on how much I'm making. I use:
mixed vegebtables
peas
corn
cut green beans

I add peeled & cubed potatoes when the broth warms up again. I also like to add pearled barley - just make sure you have enough water because it really soaks it up. At that point I pour in a 46oz can of V-8 juice. I used to put in shredded cabbage because my grandmother did - along with additional lima beans & sometimes red beets, but I stopped doing that as the kids didn't care for it.

That's about it! This freezes well - at least w/o the cabbage. Oh - my grandmother used to put some sugar in hers - I don't know why. I like it without & besides I'm diabetic.

Deb

 

[Disneyaholic]

I'm making beef vegetable soup right now! I start with an inexpensive chuck roast, cover it with cold water and put it on to simmer. After a while, you need to skim the stuff off the top (for lack of a better way to say it.

I throw in a bunch of spices, like whole allspice, whole peppercorsn, a few cloves, a bay leaf or two, and some seasoned salt. I'll also throw in a couple of boullion cubes at this point, and maybe some chopped onion.

Depending on how "strong" you like your soup, you just keep cooking it down. You can also add some canned beef broth to give it more flavor.

An hour or so before it's done, I take out the meat, and cut it into bite-sized pieces, and throw away the bones. I put in some cut up carrots and celery when I do this.

DH loves barley in his, and I can't stand it, so I ususally divide my broth into two batches at this time -- I throw a handful of barley into one pot at about the same time I add the celery and carrots.

Shortly before serving, I add the cut up meat back to the pots.

I make homemade dumplings to go with. Mmmmmmm I can hardly wait. You should smell my kitchen right now!!