Heidis Brisket Broth And Beans Soup Recipes

HEIDI'S BRISKET BROTH AND BEANS SOUP

Steps:

• 1. BRISKET BROTH SOUP BASE: I use the meat & vegetable stock from previous night's Corned beef and cabbage dinner! Prepare it like this in your slow cooker: First add hot water (if needed) to the stock to make 3 - 4 quarts of broth. Then, cut up any leftover corned beef and veggies into small, soup-size pieces and toss all that back into the broth. That's your yummy, hearty soup base!
• 2. Add to broth: Beans, stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, celery, onion, and chili powder. Simmer overnight in crockpot on LOWEST POSSIBLE setting (I use the "keep warm" setting for this).
• 3. Next morning: Brown pork sausage, crumbling as it cooks, and add it to your soup.
• 4. Just before you are ready to serve up your soup, cook the rice. (Hint: I like to substitute about 1/4 cup lime juice for that much of the water when making 6 cups or more of rice)
• 5. I serve up this soup seperate from the rice. Some of my family like to pile rice in their bowl and ladel the soup over the top. Others like to mix the rice in.

BEAUTIFUL BRISKET BROTH SOUP

Steps:

• Remove and discard congealed fat from the surface of the chilled braising liquid. Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a wide deep pan and then sauté onions and garlic until translucent. Sauté mushrooms in the same pan until most of the water has been cooked out and mushrooms have a nice golden color. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Stir in tomatoes and their juice and stir in leftover brisket (nice, but not necessary).
• Pour the braising liquid or stock through a strainer into the pan and bring to a low boil. Add the spinach by handfuls, stirring until wilted.
• Add chipotle (and additional adobo sauce if desired) and reduce heat, simmering until flavors blend. Tasty.