GROUND BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Ground Beef and Vegetable Soup image

This easy recipe makes a large pot of soup that will feed a small crowd or leaves leftovers for those nights you just don't feel like cooking. The leftovers freeze well in meal-size containers or plastic bags. You can add potatoes or use any combination of vegetables to suit your taste.

Provided by Barry Heuser

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Beef Soup Recipes

Time 1h40m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 22

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil
2 large yellow onions, diced
6 stalks celery, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
4 carrots, sliced 1/8-inch thick
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 ½ pounds lean ground beef
46 ounces low-sodium vegetable juice (such as V8®)
46 ounces reduced-sodium beef broth
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
2 cubes beef bouillon
1 teaspoon ground thyme
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste
1 (15.25 ounce) can yellow corn, drained
1 (15.25 ounce) can red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 (15 ounce) can great Northern beans, drained and rinsed
1 (14.5 ounce) can cut green beans, drained
8 ounces frozen peas
8 ounces frozen lima beans
8 ounces frozen sliced okra

Steps:

Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and carrots until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into onion mixture; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove pot from heat.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to onion mixture in the large pot using a slotted spoon.
Heat onion-beef mixture over medium heat. Stir vegetable juice, beef broth, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, beef bouillon, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer to blend the flavors, at least 1 hour.
Stir corn, kidney beans, cannellini beans, great Northern beans, green beans, peas, lima beans, and okra into beef mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 340.8 calories, Carbohydrate 34.8 g, Cholesterol 46.5 mg, Fat 11.6 g, Fiber 9 g, Protein 24.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.9 g, Sodium 585.2 mg, Sugar 8.3 g