Vegetable Beef Soup is the proper comfy soup and this type of precise way to dissipate all the one's veggies stocked inside the refrigerator! It’s perfectly hearty and filling thanks to the tender chunks of protein-wealthy red meat and abundance of nutritious veggies. Plus it’s a flexible recipe so experience free to update veggies with others you can have on hand.


Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs beef stew meat*
2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil, divided
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 3/4 cups chopped yellow onion (1 large)
1 1/4 cups peeled and chopped carrots (3 medium)
1 cup chopped celery (3 medium)
1 1/2 Tbsp minced garlic (4 cloves)
8 cups low-sodium beef broth or chicken broth
2 (14 oz.) cans diced tomatoes
1 1/2 tsp dried basil**
1 tsp dried oregano
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 lb red or yellow potatoes, chopped into 3/4-inch cubes
1 1/2 cups (5 oz.) chopped green beans (trim ends first)
1 1/2 cups frozen corn***
1 cup frozen peas
1/3 cup chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.

Dab beef dry with paper towels, season with salt and pepper then add half of the beef to pot and brown about 4 minutes, turning halfway through.

Transfer to a plate adds another 1/2 Tbsp oil to pot and repeat process with the remaining half of beef.

Add another 1 Tbsp oil to now-empty pot then add onions, carrots, and celery then saute 3 minutes, add garlic saute 1 minute longer.
Pour in broth, tomatoes, browned beef, basil, oregano, thyme and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low, cover and simmer, stirring once or twice throughout, for 30 minutes.

Add potatoes then continue to simmer, covered, 20 minutes (you can also add green beans with potatoes if you like them very soft).

Stir in green beans and simmer 15 minutes longer, or until all of the veggies and beef are tender.

Pour in corn and peas and simmer until heated through about 5 minutes. Stir in parsley and serve warm.

Recipe Notes
*Look for a fatty marbled batch of stew meat, it will be more tender. Dice any larger chunks bite-size as needed.

**1 Tbsp dried Italian seasoning can be used in place of basil, oregano, and thyme.

***Fresh corn/peas can be used here as well, just add when adding green beans.

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