Beef And Wild Rice Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 (19 ounce) cans campbell's beef and barley soup
• 2 tablespoons wild rice
• 1 tablespoon dried vegetable flakes
• 1 stalk finely diced celery or 3 pinches celery seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 pinch dried oregano
• 1 pinch dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh parsley, if you have it (i don't care for dried parsley)
• 2 dashes tabasco sauce
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 3 pinches salt
• black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 garlic clove, pressed
• 1 dash worcestershire sauce

Recipe

• 1 add all ingredients, except the worcestershire sauce (add it later), to a saucepan.
• 2 add 2 & 1/2 soup cans of water.
• 3 bring to a full roiling boil.
• 4 stir it well, and reduce heat to simmer.
• 5 cover.
• 6 simmer for 2 & 1/2 hours. remove bay leaves after 2 hours. it takes that long for the wild rice.
• 7 stir occasionally.
• 8 serve with warm bread, and butter.
• 9 also excellent with simply crushed, saltine crackers.
• 10 enjoy.