Beef Vegetable Soup

Beef soup loaded with vegetables-carrots, onions, celery and pepper.

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Ingredients:

• 2 lbs stew beef cut into 1/8" pieces
• 2 cups potatoes, cut in cubes
• 4 whole carrots, cut in to 1/8" pieces
• 1/2 cup chopped garlic
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 cup of chopped celery
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1 large bell pepper cut into medium pieces
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• Salt to taste
• 4 cups water

Method

Brown meat in skillet with 1/2 tbsp oil along with garlic. Remove from skillet. Add 1/2 cup of oil and 1/2 cup of flour to make roux; cook until it is a chocolate brown color. Add meat mixture and onions to roux, coat all pieces with roux. Pour mixture into a pot and add 4 cups of water, and mix to dissolve roux. Boil on medium heat for 1 hour. Add remaining ingredients and cook another half hour, or until potatoes, carrots and bell pepper are tender. Salt to taste.

Notes: Great with corn bread or French bread.

Number of servings: 4

Submitted By: smith322
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