Old-Fashioned Vegetable Beef Soup
Source of Recipe
Kimberly
List of Ingredients
3 to 4 lbs beef shanks Also you can use chuck roast
2 tablespoons bacon drippings -- or other fat
2 quarts cold water
1 teaspoon salt
1 small onion -- chopped
1 can (15 oz) tomatoes, diced
6 sprigs parsley
5 carrots -- sliced
2 cups fresh green beans, cut
1 cup diced potatoes
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup rice or barley Brown meat in drippings. Recipe
Pour off excess fat.
Cover with water; bring to the boil.
Add salt and onion; simmer 2 hours.
Add vegetables and rice.
Simmer for about 1 hour longer. Remove meat from bone; add back to soup.
Serves 8 to 10.