Hearty Vegetable and Beef Soup

Hearty Vegetable and Beef Soup

czwartek, 23 stycznia 2014

Hearty Vegetable and Beef Soup

Time: 1 hrs 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh parsley
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 -3 onions, quartered
• 1 1/2 lbs beef, cut into cubes
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 potato, peeled and quartered
• 3 carrots, peeled
• 4 stalks celery
• 3 cups tomato juice or 3 cups V8 vegetable juice
• 3 cups beef broth
• 1/2 cup barley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• pepper

Directions

• 1 Using a food processor and the steel knife mince parsley and set aside.
• 2 With the food processor running drop garlic through the feed tube and mince. Add onions and chop using on/off turns. Transfer onion/garlic mixture to a large soup pot.
• 3 Place meat in the food processor work bowl and chop using 6-8 on/off turns, then continue grinding until desired fineness is achieved. Add meat to pot and cook over medium heat for 6-8 minutes or until browned.
• 4 Clean out work bowl of food processor and then chop tomatoes using 4 on/off turns. Add to meat mixture in pot.
• 5 Slice potato, carrots and celery using slicing disc. Add vegetables to pot along with tomato juice, broth, barley, salt, herbs and pepper. Cook over medium heat about 1 hour.
• 6 Discard bay leaf and stir in reserved parsley.