Description
French countryside chefs crafted this beef and vegetable soup to warm winter souls with rich, layered flavors. Robust meat and garden-fresh vegetables combine in a comforting bowl you’ll savor down to the last spoonful.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound (454 grams) ground beef
- 5 cups (1.2 liters) beef broth
- 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables (corn, green beans, carrot mix)
- 15 oz (425 grams) tomatoes, diced with juice
- 8 oz (227 grams) tomato sauce
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp (15 milliliters) olive oil
- 2 tsp (10 milliliters) Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp (5 milliliters) Italian seasoning
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
- Sauté Base: In a large stock pot over medium heat, brown ground beef with onions, celery, and garlic, continuously breaking up meat until no pink remains and vegetables become translucent.
- Flavor Foundation: Drain excess fat, then introduce potatoes, beef broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper, raising heat to create a gentle simmer for 10 minutes to develop robust flavors.
- Vegetable Integration: Fold frozen mixed vegetables into the simmering liquid, ensuring even distribution and complete heating throughout the soup.
- Final Refinement: Reduce heat and allow soup to simmer for an additional 15-20 minutes, testing potato tenderness and seasoning, then adjust salt and pepper to elevate the overall taste profile before serving piping hot.
Notes
- Drain Fat Strategically: Remove excess grease carefully to prevent a greasy soup while retaining maximum flavor from browned beef.
- Seasoning Secret: Use fresh ground black pepper and kosher salt for deeper, more complex taste compared to pre-ground alternatives.
- Vegetable Timing Matters: Add frozen vegetables late in cooking to preserve their texture, color, and nutritional value, preventing mushy consistency.
- Simmer Slowly: Let soup develop rich flavors by maintaining a gentle simmer, which helps ingredients meld together and potatoes become perfectly tender without breaking apart.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Snacks
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg