Appalachian Vegetable Beef Soup Recipes

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.

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.

APPALACHIAN VEGETABLE-BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Trim up your leftover steak, hamburger, beef roast or other lean beef and chop it into bite-sized pieces.
• In a large cooking pot, over medium-high heat, pour in the chicken broth and add all other ingredients, except for the canned potatoes.
• NOTE: I make my chicken broth while making up boiled chicken for my chicken pot pies, Recipe #139633. To the 1 gallon of water, (or canned chicken stock), I add 3-4 chicken bouillon cubes, 2 chopped celery ribs, 1 chopped onion and, 5-6 chopped carrots. I strain the stock and either refrigerate it or freeze it until I need it. You can de-fat the stock after it is cold.
• Heat the soup at a low boil (reduce to LOW heat after it comes to a boil), covered, for 1 hour. Drain the potatoes, cut into chunks, and add them into the soup. Continue at a low boil, covered, for 30 more minutes and serve with oyster crackers.
• If you make your own chicken broth per the above instructions, you probably won't need more salt because the bouillon has a lot of salt in it (unless you use Herb-ox granulated). Don't be afraid to add the bouillon to canned chicken stock -- it just makes it heartier!