Serves: 8
Preparation time: 15 to 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 600 g chuck steak or casserole beef, diced into 2 cm cubes
- 3 carrots, diced into 2 cm cubes
- 1 medium swede, diced into 2 cm cubes
- 3 sticks celery, diced into 2 cm cubes
- 1 large onion, diced finely
- 4 cloves garlic, diced finely
- 2 rashers bacon, diced finely
- ½ cup dried soup bean mix, soaked for at least 1 hour prior to cooking
- 2 potatoes, diced into 2 cm cubes
- 6-8 cups chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon onion salt
- 1 tablespoon dried mix herbs
- ½ cup diced continental parsley
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Method
- Place onion, bacon and garlic 1. aside in a bowl.
- Place swede, potatoes, carrots, and celery aside in a bowl together.
- Heat a large pot with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Brown beef for 2 minutes on high, add bacon, onion and garlic and sauté.
- Add remaining vegetables, and washed and rinsed soup mix.
- Add chicken stock, onion salt and herbs.
- Bring to the boil, then simmer for 2 hours or until meat is tender.
- Season with salt and pepper, and add parsley.
Recipe notes
Additional ingredients which my kids love are 1 ball of vermicilli or egg noodles added 20 minutes prior to serving, or even ½ cup of rice, which is nice to thicken it up. This recipe is lovely served with a sliced pane de casa stick from the bakery and butter, or crunchy bread rolls.
Source: http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Tasty-Beef-And-Vegetable-Soup-L8124.html
Recipe #8124
Submitted by: amyhaley
pb notes:
Used canned beans instead of dried beans (don't know what they are) and didn't use onion salt (couldn't find it) and it still worked out fine.