Hearty Beef and Mushroom Soup
By: Kristi Rimkus
Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 7:02am

Ingredients




3/4 pound beef stew meat, trimmed of fat and cut into bite sized pieces
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup merlot
1 can low sodium beef broth
4 cups water
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 large onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 large bay leaf
4 cups kale, trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces
1 package mushroom , sliced
1 can golden mushroom soup

Preparation

1 Heat large saucepan or dutch oven over medium heat with olive oil. Add onion and garlic and cook 5 minutes until softened. 2 Add stew meat and brown. 3 Add merlot, beef broth, water, Worcestershire, and bay leaves. Simmer for 40 minutes until meat is tender. 4 Add kale and mushrooms. Simmer another 15 minutes until kale and mushrooms are tender. 5 Add mushroom soup and simmer until 5 minutes to heat through.

About


In my experience, most men want beef. Beef burgers, big steaks, beef, beef, beef. Now I’m sure there are a lot of men out there that wouldn’t touch the stuff, but those men don’t live with me.
Wanting to please the man in the family, I bought some stew meat and mushrooms and set out to make a hearty, beef in the recipe, soup.
Tender pieces of beef and mushrooms really satisfied those beef cravings. I was even able to sneak the kale in without comment from the hubby