Wintery Vegetable Beef Soup

Wintery Vegetable Beef Soup

  Ready in : 45 mins

Wintery Vegetable Beef Soup is a main course that serves 8. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 400 calories, 26g of protein, and 19g of fat per serving. For $1.88 per serving, this recipe covers 30% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. This recipe is liked by 2 foodies and cooks. It will be a hit at your Autumn event. A mixture of butter, parsley, beef chuck, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. It is brought to you by Foodista. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 66%.

Ingredients

butter

butter

0.5 tablespoon

oil

oil

0.5 tablespoon

beef chuck

beef chuck

2 pounds

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stock/broth/water

1 quart

peppered bacon

peppered bacon

4 slices

sweet potatoes

sweet potatoes

2 large

parsnips

parsnips

2 large

carrots

carrots

2 large

sticks celery

sticks celery

2 large

onion

onion

1 large

garlic

garlic

5 cloves

cabbage

cabbage

0.25

cabbage

cabbage

0.25

thyme

thyme

1 sprigs

parsley

parsley

1 sprigs

eachs bay leaves

eachs bay leaves

2

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stock/broth/water

2 quarts

pepper

pepper

8 servings

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    Begin by melting the butter with the oil in a large Dutch oven. Brown your beef well on all sides.

    butter

    butter

    beef

    beef

    cooking oil

    cooking oil

    dutch oven
    dutch oven
  2. 2
    Once all sides are browned, drain off any excess fat in pan (more than a tsp.) and add 1 qt. of stock to pot. Bring to boil, then reduce to simmer. Cover pan and simmer gently for until meat is fork tender, ~2 1/2 hours.

    stock

    stock

    meat

    meat

    frying pan
    frying pan
    pot
    pot
  3. 3
    When beef is finished, transfer it to a large bowl with any juices and let cool until able to handle, then shred it.

    beef

    beef

    bowl
    bowl
  4. 4
    In the same pot you cooked the beef in, add the bacon and cook just done.

    bacon

    bacon

    beef

    beef

    pot
    pot
  5. 5
    Remove bacon, but leave fat in pan.

    bacon

    bacon

    frying pan
    frying pan
  6. 6
    Add veggies and cook until just beginning to soften.

  7. 7
    Add shredded beef and reserved bacon back to pot along with herbs.

    bacon

    bacon

    herbs

    herbs

    beef

    beef

    pot
    pot
  8. 8
    Add 2 qts. stock (or more to just cover) and simmer over medium-low heat until vegetables are tender, ~10 minutes or so.

    vegetable

    vegetable

    stock

    stock

  9. 9
    I let it sit, covered for at least an hour to allow the flavors to come together.

  10. 10
    Remove herb stems and bay leaves. Season with freshly cracked black pepper (and salt if needed, depends on the saltiness of the liquid you used, so taste first).

    cracked black peppercorns

    cracked black peppercorns

    bay leaves

    bay leaves

    salt

    salt

  11. 11
    To serve, drizzle with a glug of balsamic vinegar and grate some fresh parmesan over the top.

    balsamic vinegar

    balsamic vinegar

    parmesan

    parmesan

  12. 12
    Sprinkle with fresh, chopped herbs and more black pepper, if desired.

    black pepper

    black pepper

    herbs

    herbs