Hearty Ground Beef Vegetable Soup
Hearty Ground Beef Vegetable Soup combines ground beef with a variety of vegetables including carrots, celery, cabbage, potatoes, green beans, corn, and tomatoes cooked in V8 juice. The result is a rich, chunky soup that simmers for over an hour to meld the flavors and tenderize the vegetables. This soup provides a filling and comforting meal option, suitable for colder days or when you want a nutritious, vegetable-rich dish with the added protein of ground beef. It’s an all-in-one meal easily served hot with bread or crackers.
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1-2 onion chopped
- 5-6 celery chopped (can substitute peeled & diced celery root, stalks
- 1 pound ground beef or turkey
- 6 carrot peeled and chopped
- 2 qt 14 oz V8 juice 2 large cans
- 1 head cabbage small, red or green, chopped
- 30 ounces diced tomatoes 2-15 ounce cans or 1 quart chopped peeled fresh or home canned
- 8 ounces green beans fresh or frozen
- 2 potato large, chopped
- 15 ounces corn 15 ounce can or 2 cups fresh
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large stockpot. Add onions and celery and cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Add ground beef to pan and cook until browned.
- Add tomatoes, juice, chopped cabbage & chopped carrots to stock pot. Bring to boil and simmer 1 hour
- Add remaining ingredients (green beans, potato, corn) and cook for another ½ hour.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 16 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 208
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 208kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 23g | 8% |
| Protein | 10g | 20% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 20mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 429mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 560mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 4114IU | 82% |
| Vitamin C | 36mg | 40% |
| Calcium | 63mg | 6% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.