Hamburger Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef
• 1 -2 onion, chopped
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 2 cups water
• 1 (10 ounce) can tomato soup
• 1 dash parsley
• 4 carrots, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 8 tablespoons pearl barley
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 (10 ounce) cans consomme or 2 beef bouillon cubes, mixed with 2 cups of water
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 brown meat and onions.
• 2 drain well.
• 3 combine all ingredients in a large pot.
• 4 cook at least 2 hours or use a crockpot and cook up to 8 hours.
• 5 remove bay leaf before serving.
• 6 this soup freezes well.