spicy beef and vegetable soup

This spicy beef and vegetable soup is the perfect cozy meal to warm your spirits and bellies when the weather gets colder. It is packed with protein and nutritious vegetables and comes together with just a few minutes of prep time. 

Spicy beef and vegetable soup fall recipe

  •    Time: 90 minutes
  •    Serves 8

Ingredients

  • 2.5 pounds beef stew meat
  • 48 ounces spicy hot 100% vegetable juice
  • 32 ounces beef broth
  • 5 russet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1" cubes
  • 4 carrots, peeled and sliced
  • 3 celery stalks, sliced
  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • Pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. In stockpot brown beef stew on all sides. Remove. 
  2. Sauté onions until translucent, then deglaze pot with beef broth. 
  3. Add beef back to stockpot in addition to spicy hot vegetable juice, potatoes, celery, and pepper.
  4. Cover and simmer for 90 minutes or until beef is fork-tender. 

Note: You can control how spicy this dish is by adjusting the ratio between spicy vegetable juice and beef broth.