Vegetable Beef Soup

Prep Time: 0 Minutes

Cook Time: 0 Minutes

Ready In: 0 Minutes

Servings: 8

This is a really beefy and vegetable soup that will make you want more and more.

Ingredients:

1 cup of flour seasoned in a ziplock bag seasonings for flour are.

1 tbsp of montreal seasoning

1 tbsp garlic powder.

1 tbsp onion powder.

shake well to mix spices with flour.

4 slices of bacon i like thick cut bacon cut into 1/4 inch pieces.

1 chuck steak 2 pounds i like more, cut into bite size pieces.

2 cups of can beef broth or beef bouillon granules either works well.

4 stalks of celery chopped.

4 carrots peeled and sliced into coins.

1 medium onion diced.

2 or 3 potatoes chopped i like potatoes so i use 3.

1 heaping tsp. of garlic or less to taste.

2 heaping tsp. of freshly ground black pepper.

1 level tsp of red pepper flakes more or less to taste.

2 1/2 tsps of the seasoned flour after dredging the meat.

1/2 cup of water.

1 can of corn.(if in season use 1 to 2 cobs shucked of fresh).

1 can of stewed tomatoes.(home canned is better if you do that sort of thing).

1 can of green beans.(1 to 2 cups of fresh if in season).

1 can of peas.(1 to 2 cups of fresh if in season).

Directions:

1. Start out by frying the bacon in a dutch oven or large pot on medium low heat.
2. Once bacon is crisp dab off grease with paper towels set aside.
3. Drain some of the grease out of the dutch oven if there is a lot.
4. Put floured meat in dutch oven and semi brown it.
5. Add 2 cans of Beef broth or Bouillon granules in 2 cups of hot water.
6. Bring to a boil.
7. Then add vegetables bring back to a boil and boil till vegetables are tender or hot if using canned.
8. While you are waiting on the vegetables mix the seasoned 2 1/2 tsps of flour with the 1/2 cup of water mix well.
9. Once vegetables are hot or tender add flour and water mixture and stir well bring back to a boil.
10. Get you a big bowl and a baguette and let your mouth enjoy.

By RecipeOfHealth.com