Texas Beef Soup Recipes

TEXAS BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large heavy skillet. Season the stew meat with seasoning salt and pepper. Cook meat in the oil along with onion and bell pepper until browned. Transfer to a slow cooker, and stir in the beef broth.
• Cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours, or until meat is tender. During the last 30 minutes, stir in the mixed vegetables and vegetable juice cocktail.

TEXAS OVEN-ROASTED BEEF BRISKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Make a dry rub by combining chili powder, salt, garlic and onion powders, black pepper, sugar, dry mustard, and bay leaf. Season the raw brisket on both sides with the rub. Place in a roasting pan and roast, uncovered, for 1 hour.
• Add beef stock and enough water to yield about 1/2 inch of liquid in the roasting pan. Lower oven to 300 degrees F, cover pan tightly and continue cooking for 3 hours, or until fork-tender.
• Trim the fat and slice meat thinly across the grain. Top with juice from the pan.

TEXAS STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the remaining ingredients., Cover and cook on low until heated through, 6-8 hours.

TEXAS BLACK BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cover and cook on high for 4-6 hours or until heated through.

TEXAS COWBOY STEW

Steps:

• Crumble the ground beef into a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the sausage, garlic and onion; cook and stir until the meat is no longer pink. Drain off grease, and transfer the contents of the skillet to a large pot.
• Pour the tomatoes into the pot with the meat, and stir in the potatoes, pinto beans, corn, diced tomatoes with chilies, mixed vegetables and water. Season with cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper. Cover, and simmer over medium-low heat for at least 1 hour. Stir occasionally. The longer this stew cooks, the better it gets.

TEXAS COWBOY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, saute bacon over medium heat until starting to brown.
• Add ground beef and saute, breaking up with the back of a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, onion, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper; saute until onion starts to soften, about 3 minutes.
• Add potatoes, beans, both cans of tomatoes and stock; bring to a boil.
• Decrease heat and simmer until potatoes are just tender, about 20 minutes.
• Add corn and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Ladle into heated bowls and garnish with croutons.

TEXAS BBQ BRISKET SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, simmer beef bones, water, BBQ seasoning.
• for 2 hours.
• Remove and discard bones.
• Reserve stock.
• In a pan saute saute whole garlic cloves.
• "Mash"garlic.
• into oil.
• Add Carrots and when they start to carmelize,.
• add onion.
• Let both carmelize to golden brown.
• Into the beef broth add Carrot/Onion/Garlic mixture,.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer for 20-30 minutes.