Thread: vegetable and beef soup

The weather has finally changed so it's time for a good soup.


Here's the ingredients.

After finely chopping the garlic I diced the onion.

peeled and chopped the carrots

de-stringed the celery and chopped it

chopped the potatoes up

and diced three additional potatoes so they would dissolve and thicken the broth a bit. (the chopped and diced potatoes were set aside in a bowl and covered in water so they wouldn't blacken)

Let's get cooking by flouring and browning the meat in olive oil

once it's browned it goes into the big pot

looking good.

out comes the meat and in goes the onions and garlic

the rest of this beer will be used to deglaze the pan

this too willl go into the big pot

along with the 2-15oz. cans of tomatoes

about this time i add 4 to 5 teaspoons of rendered down mexican cow with salt

next comes the diced potatoes along with the water they were covered in

sometimes I season the soup, but not this time

next I add the potatoes carrots and celery at 5 minute intervals




in go the string beans

rinse a couple of cans of kidney beans and in they go

chop the collard greens while the pot comes back to a boil. to do this I strip the leaves away from the stem, roll them into a bunch and slice into it and then cross cut the slices

in they go too

give it a stir and turn off the heat

minutes later it's done


don't forget the parmesan cheese

That's brilliant, thanks and it is time for lunch.

yes, looks great. i suddenly feel very hungry

Nice soup mate. I would skip the celery though.

DAMN! that looks good!
Needs a few Chilis though

Oh, that would have gone down good for lunch today....