Vegetable Beef Soup

20 minutes Prep Time
1 hour Cook Time
12 Servings

This vegetable soup has minimal prep and nearly cooks itself! Toss in the ingredients and let it cook on your stove top for a hearty, satisfying meal. It will take you back to Grandma’s kitchen.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 medium green bell peppers, chopped
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans beef broth
  • 1 can Red Gold Canned Whole Peeled Tomatoes 28 oz, drained, and cut into bite-sized pieces

  • 1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
  • 3 potatoes, peeled and chopped or 1 cup frozen hash brown potatoes
  • Salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 can Red Gold Fresh Squeezed Canned Tomato Juice 46 oz

  • 3/4 cup quick cooking barley

Instructions

Step one

In a large soup kettle brown ground beef, onion and green bell pepper; drain off excess fat. Stir in beef broth, whole peeled plum tomatoes, corn, frozen vegetables, potatoes, salt, black pepper, bay leaf, tomato juice and barley.

Step two

Heat to boiling; reduce heat and cook for 30 minutes. Remove bay leaf. And cook an additional 30 minutes.