Green Chili Beef Soup

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb beef stew meat, cut in 3/4-inch cubes
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 carrot, peeled and diced
• 1 stalk celery, diced
• 1 medium onion, medium, peeled and chopped
• 4 ounces diced green chilies, canned, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 1/2 cups potatoes, peeled and diced
• 2 1/2 cups beef broth
• 15 ounces diced tomatoes, canned, diced
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 dust the meat in the flour and brown it in 1 1/2 tablespoons of the oil in a soup kettle.
• 2 add the chicken broth, bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally to loosen the browned flour/meat and to prevent the meat from sticking to bottom.
• 3 add the remaining 1 1/2 tablespoon of oil to a skillet and brown the carrot, celery, onion, green chilies, garlic and oregano.
• 4 when the meat mixture is tender, add the browned vegetables, potatoes and tomatoes to the soup kettle.
• 5 add the beef broth to the skillet and bring to a boil, stirring to pick up any browned vegetable bits; add to the soup kettle.
• 6 bring soup kettle to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 20 to 30 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
• 7 add salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 my family enjoys this with corn muffins or tortilla chips.