Grandma's Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup Recipe

This is a great recipe but instead of using canned peas, beans and corn I used frozen and added a few handfuls of barley to round out the nutrition. Thanks for sharing!

Very good soup. I took other reviewers' suggestions and subbed stew meat for ground, frozen veggies for canned, used Italian tomatoes, added seasonings (Italian herbs, Worcestershire, soy, Tony C). Also added sea salt since I used unsalted stock. After browning, just threw all in crock pot for 6-8 hours on low. Toward end I cooked 1/2 cup barley separately and added that. Best veggie-beef soup I have made so far.

This is a recipe that has similar ingredients of a stew my mother used to make, except she made the ground beef mixture into meatballs. I tweeked this recipe to match the one she used to make. I sauteed the garlic, onion, and 1/3 cup of chopped green bell pepper, until soft and the onions were translucent. Than I mixed up the ground beef with one egg, in a large plastic bag with a zipper. I kneaded the mixture, until the egg was combined with the ground beef. I added the sauteed garlic, onion, and bell pepper, and kneaded it all together until it was all mixed in well. I browned the meatballs in a little olive oil, just until browned. I finished cooking the meatballs in the can stewed tomatoes. The recipe is the same from here on. Taste just like my mom's...well almost! :)

I started with 2 1/2lbs of shin meat with bones roasted at 400 f. 30 mins. Using fat from bones browned a mire poix. Deglase pan with 1 C dry red wine. Cut up beef, carrots, onions, Celery, 2 bay leaves, thyme,marjoram, and savory salt/pepper. Added 32 oz beef broth and tomatos,cooked med high in Dutch oven 2 hrs ( meat is tender) added potatoes, frozen peas, corn, string beans and 1/4 mushrooms also added another 32oz of beef broth. Brought back to a boil for 25 min till potatoes where tender. At this point you can make a decision of either beef soup or beef stew by adding rue. This recipe is a five star keeper

Great flavor. Used Better than Boullion and left over veggies from the fridge. I don’t buy stewed tomatoes as a rule so just used canned chopped tomatoes. It was a hit.

Hobo Beef & Vegetable Soup: "I'd give this a 2. But my family ate a TON. To me, it lacked 'oomph.'" Watching my husband and daughter gleefully devour their bowls made me nudge my rating up a star. This is definitely one of those soups that can clear out the remaining bags of frozen veggies, which is the way I went as I'm not a fan of the texture of canned green beans, peas, or corn. I followed the recipe exactly, (w/ the exception of the frozen veggies) and I used diced tomatoes instead of stewed. The end result, while tasty, wasn't mind-blowing, although when I went to simmer it on day 2, I added 1/2 c. ditalini pasta, which helped sponge up a bunch of the liquid. It's just a soup that can't decide if it wants to be chili, or a stew, so if I made it again, I would either sub stew meat for the ground beef (going the stew route), or decrease the liquids and sub kidney beans for the green beans & peas (going the chili route.) But regardless of which direction I took this recipe, I would most definitely bump up the seasonings; more garlic, pepper, thyme.

I used fresh corn and left out canned veggies. Also used venison instead of beef. Finished product with fresh bread was delicious meal. Also cooked potatoes right in with carrots. Saved time.

I gave the receipe 5 stars because I am not a soup eater...however this soup has changed my mind. Although I did not follow the directions directly...it's the type of receipe that doesnt have to be. As many of the reviews said you will need some extra beef broth. I also added some Mrs. Dash & black pepper. I could not find celery seed but I had the fresh celery and celery flakes. Also, I had some left over ground beef already cooked so I omitted making the ground beef mixture on the stove, I just added everything to the crockpot set it to 10hrs and went to bed..I used frozen veggies vs can and they were not soggy but nice and crisp once the soup was complete.

I make this but instead to make it more of a "Hobo Soup" I buy 2-3 cans of mixed vegetables and 1 chopped onion and minced garlic and 1-2 cans of chopped tomatoes (not stewed tomatoes they are too sweet) and add the broth or instant bouillon and add the ground beef raw and place all this in a crockpot or stock pot and just like the hobo would do-all in 1 pot. Add the spices according to taste or just rely on the ones in the canned veges. quick and easy and very economical!

A good meal on a cold winter's night. Next time I will either dice the potato small instead of medium, more probably add them (diced med) with the carrots as they didn't get quite tender enough for us. Also, I paid attention to the reviews and agreed there needed to be more flavor so I added Italian seasoning, crushed thyme, kosher salt, and cracked black pepper. I also felt I could have used more beef broth, but didn't have any so I used vegetable juice, knowing this was a great variance from the original recipe, but it worked well. One last tip - use a sachet (tied cheesecloth bag) for the bay leaves to make them easier to fish out at the end.

I followed the directions, but after four hours in the slow cooker, the potatoes were still hard so I transferred the soup to the stovetop for about a half an hour. It tasted somewhat bland so I added extra salt, pepper, garlic power, onion flakes, a can of tomato soup and a sprinkle of sugar. I will make, this again--it 's makes a boat load of soup, but I will doctor it up with more seasoning for additional flavor.

SO you cook the carrots, celery, parsley with broth then once you add the meat, onions, tomato and potato mixture you cook 4 more hours? A total of 6 hours, correct? Just started making this and trying to figure out the total amount of time. *Only giving 3 stars b/c site would let me post question otherwise.

Delicious

A fantastic meal. Going to be a favorite at our house

I MAKE THIS ALSO, BUT ON THE STOVE AND I BUY STEW MEAT, OR CHUCK ROAST (BROWNED FIRST). INSTEAD OF CANNED VEGGIES, I BUY BIRDSEYE STEAMFRESH MIXED VEGETABLES WHICH HAS CORN, BEANS AND PEAS (ONLY BC THEY TASTE FRESHER THAN CANNED). I DO PUT A LOT OF HERBS (FRESH AND DRY) IN AND ADD A CAN OF PETITE DICED TOMATOES. I SOMETIMES ADD QUARTERED GREEN CABBAGE AND A FEW NOODLES. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

Delicious - put it in the usual rotation. I always need to add more broth tho.

Love this - good solid healthy and hearty nourishment. Perfect for a winter's day. I used cubed chuck and fresh green beans instead of ground beef and canned beans. I think it's definitely worth the extra to use cubed meat.

Totally a new staple in my household.

I’ve tried so many, but this one stands out.

This was delicious. I added more peas and carrots and less potatoes, I madexa large batch, it filled my six quart crackpot to the brim but it will last several meals. Very economical, for today's costs and it is a very good use for ground beef instead of expensive stew meat.