Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup

Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup

from thesouthernladycooks.com
Main Course
105 min
6 servings

This Vegetable Beef Soup is a hearty dish your family will love. Made with stew meat or roast, it's the ultimate comfort food! You can use any vegetables your family loves and don't forget the fried cornbraed. Vegetable beef soup is always a winner!

Ingredients

  • 11/2 lbs stew meat (could use leftover roast beef, too)
  • 1 mediumto large onion (peeled and chopped)
  • 2 cupsbeef broth or 1 can
  • 3 cupswater
  • 1 cupcarrots (chopped)
  • 1 cupcelery (chopped)
  • 1 cupokra (chopped)
  • 4 mediumpotatoes (peeled and cut into chunks)
  • 2 cupswhole kernel corn or 1 can
  • 215 ounce cans petite diced tomatoes
  • 1 cuppeas (canned or frozen)
  • 1 cupzucchini (sliced)
  • ½ teaspoonsalt
  • ¼ teaspoonpepper
  • ½ teaspoonchili powder
  • 1 teaspoonworcestershire sauce

Directions

  1. 1

    In a large pot on top of the stove,  bring all ingredients to a boil.  Decrease heat to simmer and let cook 1 1/2 hours until meat and potatoes are done.

  2. 2

    You could make this in the crock pot, too.  Just cook 7 or 8 hours on low or 4 to 5 hours on high.  You don't have to use the same vegetables I used in this recipe.  Use whatever you have on hand and add the spices you like.

  3. 3

    Makes 3 quarts depending on amount of vegetables you use.