Fixins
5 Lbs cubed beef stew meat
2 pounds ground chuck 85-15
1 smoked beef sausage rope
4 Tbsp vegetable oil
Onion powder to taste
Celery salt to taste
Garlic salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Chili powder to taste
1 Large onion chopped
2 Green bell peppers chopped
1 Whole celery bundle chopped
3 Bunch green onion chopped
2 tsp full of minced garlic
2 Packages McCormick Beef Stew Seasoning Mix
1 46 ounce bottle of V8 juice
4 Heaping Tbsp of Better Than Bouillon
2 10 Oz packages of angel hair coleslaw
1 16 Oz package of sliced carrots
8 Idaho potatoes cubed
2 Zucchini cubed
2 Yellow squash cubed
1 28 Oz package of frozen butter beans
1 16 Oz package of frozen sweet corn
1 16 Oz package of frozen cut green beans
2 14.5 Oz cans of diced tomatoes
3 15 Oz cans tomato sauce
1 8 Oz bag of spinach
1 12 Oz bag of wide egg noodles
1/4 cup of Basil
1/4 cup of parsley
1/4 cup pf Italian seasoning blend
15 or so shakes of your favorite hot sauce
As much love as you can pour in it
Your Concoction
In a skillet brown the ground beef and drain grease. Set aside
Season stew meat with onion powder, garlic salt, celery salt, chili powder and black pepper.
Heat a 40 Quart stainless steel pot over medium high heat. Add vegetable oil. Brown your 5 Lbs of stew meat until all the liquid is absorbed and evaporated. Scrape the bottom of the pot pulling all that goodness up. Add a small amount of water if needed.
Add chopped onion, bell pepper and celery. Cook until vegetables are soft.
Add in your ground beef and sliced smoke sausage. Let them cook together for 5 minutes or so. Add the minced garlic and cook for 3 minutes or so to release the garlic flavor.
Pour in 16 cups of water (4 quarts), the McCormick Seasoning Mix, bottle of V8 and the Better Than Bouillon. Bring to a boil and lower the heat to medium. Cover and cook for 1 hour stirring occasionally pouring your love in as you stir.
Reduce heat to a high simmer. Add angel hair coleslaw and carrots.Cook covered for 30 minutes more stirring often.
Add the zucchini and squash and cook on a high simmer covered for 30 minutes stirring often.
Add the potato, butter beans, corn, green beans, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce and green onion.
Add 4 cups of water. Bring back to a boil and cook on high simmer covered for 30 minutes stirring often.
Add the spinach and cook on a high simmer covered for 30 minutes stirring often.
In a separate pot bring some water to a boil. Cook the egg noodles according to directions and drain.
Pour as many egg noodles in the soup as you would like.Add Basil, Parsley and Italian seasoning blend. Reduce heat to a low simmer for 15 minutes.
Add your favorite hot sauce to taste. I gave 15 shakes of Cholula. Turn the heat off and leave covered for as long as you like. The longer it sits the better.
Pour your bowl and serve with cracklin' cornbread.
As you can tell this is a food of love. It takes patience.
This is just the way I made this soup today. It will be different the next time I make it I'm sure. Please feel free to play with the ingredients and amounts to what will make your family happy.
