Beautiful Brisket Broth Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• braising liquid from beef brisket, chilled or 4 cups beef stock
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large sweet onion, diced
• 2 teaspoons garlic, chopped
• 5 large mushrooms, sliced thickly
• 14 1/2 ounces diced tomatoes
• leftover beef brisket, in bite-sized pieces (optional)
• 1/2 lb spinach, stems removed
• 1 chipotle chile in adobo, seeded, minced

Recipe

• 1 remove and discard congealed fat from the surface of the chilled braising liquid. set aside.
• 2 melt the butter in a wide deep pan and then sauté onions and garlic until translucent. sauté mushrooms in the same pan until most of the water has been cooked out and mushrooms have a nice golden color. season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 3 stir in tomatoes and their juice and stir in leftover brisket (nice, but not necessary).
• 4 pour the braising liquid or stock through a strainer into the pan and bring to a low boil. add the spinach by handfuls, stirring until wilted.
• 5 add chipotle (and additional adobo sauce if desired) and reduce heat, simmering until flavors blend. tasty.