Beef Vegetable Soup With Orzo

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb beef stew meat
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 5 cups beef stock or 5 cups broth
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) can spicy tomato juice
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 3/4 teaspoon salt, to taste
• fresh ground pepper
• 6 ounces medium mushrooms, thickly sliced
• 1/4 cup uncooked orzo pasta
• 1 cup fresh peas or 1 cup frozen peas
• fresh grated parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 in a lsrge pot, over high heat, add the first 10 ingredients; stir to combine.
• 2 bring to a boil.
• 3 lower heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour, 15 minutes.
• 4 add in the mushrooms and orzo.
• 5 simmer covered for 10 more minutes.
• 6 add in peas, stir; cook uncovered for about 10 more minutes or until ingredients are tender; adjust seasoning to taste.
• 7 ladle into individual soup bowls and sprinkle with parmesan cheese.