Extra Lean And Mean Hamburger Soup (vegetable Base)

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 liters eight vegetable cocktail (any brand)
• 500 g extra lean ground beef
• 250 g chopped vidalia onions
• 150 g baby carrots
• 30 g raw minced garlic
• 60 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 60 ml worcestershire sauce
• 30 ml tabasco sauce
• salt and pepper (15g salt and 30g pepper are the default)

Recipe

• 1 chop vidalia onion coarsely. chop baby carrots watch battery size (crinkle cut chops are best).
• 2 braise beef in hot skillet with olive oil, garlic, and worcestershire till almost done (still slightly pink - will cook the rest of the way while simmering). flash onions through the skillet, as well, till they are slightly supple but not caramelized.
• 3 pour vegetable cocktail into soup pot and add chopped carrots raw.
• 4 add tabasco, salt, and pepper. add contents of skillet.
• 5 stir, then bring to full, roiling boil as quickly as possible on very high heat.
• 6 reduce heat to minimum and simmer 45 - 60 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 7 serve hot, chill what's left. you could also substitute ground chicken, lamb, turkey, or veal if you wanted to.