Dad’s Hamburger Soup

International Eat a Tasty Animal for PETA Day is coming up and I’ll be posting and linking to recipes from now until then. Here’s the first.

IEATAPETA (March 15) Recipe 1

This soup is easy to make with what’s on-hand in the freezer and pantry and comes together fairly quickly.

Dad’s Hamburger Soup

One bag of frozen mixed vegetables
One can of diced tomatoes with juices
One or two cans of whichever type of beans you like, cannellini, navy, pinto, red, black, etc.
One medium onion, diced
Two to three cloves of garlic, minced
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
salt
pepper

One one-liter box of beef broth or stock

One to two pounds of ground beef.

Mix the ground beef with about 1/2 a cup of the broth. **see note
Cook the onion in olive oil in a large pot until translucent, then add the garlic.
Add the beef and brown it, breaking up any clumps. Season with salt and pepper. Add Worcestershire sauce.

Add the rest of the broth, the frozen vegetables, and the cans of tomatoes and beans. You can rinse the beans or dump them in with the aguafaba.

Macaroni or other small pasta noodles (or rice) could also be added to bulk up the soup if you want to just add more broth or stock.

Feel free to season with any other seasonings you like. It’s even better the next day!

**note
Adding liquid (water or stock or broth) to the ground meat allows it to be smaller clumps when you brown it so it’s not in big chunks. I’ll use water, but if it’s a soup where I’m already using stock or broth, I’ll use that instead.