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Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup

Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup
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Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup

This main meal soup is created from cubed beef with lots of vegetables and herbs.

Simmer for 3½ hours and you will have tender beef soup which is deliciously filling, easy to cook and economical.

INGREDIENTS

Ingredients for Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup
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Ingredients for Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup

450g / 1lb braising steak or shin beef

110g / 4oz tomatoes (any type)

80g / 3oz pearl barley

2 medium carrots

2 sticks celery

2 medium potatoes

1 large onion

1 level teaspoon dried parsley - a handul chopped if using fresh

1 level teaspoon dried thyme - 2 teaspoons chopped thyme if using fresh

¼ teaspoon Ground cumin

1 bay leaf

2 tablespoons tomato concentrate

1.2 litres / 2 pints beef stock

Salt and Pepper

Nutrition information per portion
 
PREPARATION TIME
: 15 minutes
 
COOKING TIME: 3 hours 30 minutes
 
DIFFICULTY: Easy
 
FREEZE: Yes
 
SERVINGS: 4 servings
 
EQUIPMENT: 1 large pan

PREPARATION

Prepared ingredients
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Prepared ingredients

All the preparation below can be done while the beef is simmering

Roughly chop the carrots

Roughly chop the onion

Roughly chop the celery

Roughly chop the tomatoes

Remove any excess fat from the beef

Cut the beef into 1.5cm (½in) cubes

ADVICE FOR CHUNKY BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

This beef soup recipe is based around a cheaper cut of meat, stewing / casserole steak or shin. Other similar cuts can be used such as brisket, chuck or neck. Simmering these cuts of meats for 3 to 4 hours tenderises the meat and allows the vegetables to absorb the flavour of the beef.

You may not always be able to buy shin beef from your local supermarket but they will sell stewing steak or similar. The cuts of beef in a packet of supermarket stewing steak is rarely disclosed but it is likely to include shin and some of the other cuts mentioned above. We prefer buying meat from our local butcher and choosing a specific cut, but supermarket braising steak is a good substitute.

Note that different supermarkets use different terms for stewing / casserole steak (terms used by Sainsburys). Tesco describe it as diced beef.

Cover the soup during cooking to reduce the heat required to keep it simmering and retain moisture.

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

Pour the beef stock into the large pan and add the chopped beef.

Bring the mixture to a boil and then turn the heat down low to let the mixture simmer. Cover the pan with a lid to keep the liquid in and reduce the heat required to keep the mixture simmering.

Beef and stock simmering for Chunky Beef Soup
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Beef and stock simmering for Chunky Beef Soup

STEP 2

While the beef is simmering, prepare the vegetables as described above.

Add all the ingredients, except the potatoes, to the pan and stir well. Let the soup simmer for 2 hours 45 minutes, stirring a couple of times. Peel and cube the potatoes and add them to the soup. Cover and simmer the soup for 45 minutes more.

Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup cooking
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Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup cooking

STEP 3

Serve the soup into warm bowls and provide lots of crusty fresh bread.

Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup
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Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup

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