Mexican Beef Soup

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Mexican Beef Soup is a quick and easy soup packed with a ton of vegetables and juicy beef. The whole family will love this loaded soup!

Prep Time10

Cook Time30

Total Time40

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: mexican beef soup

Servings:

Calories: 684kcal

4 cups/1 litre vegetable stock
400 grams/ 14.5 oz diced tomatoes the whole contents of the tin ie tomatoes and juice, Note 5

Cook beef: place a large saute pan or Dutch oven on the stove top. Turn the heat to high and add the olive oil, beef, onion, salt and pepper. Cook the beef using a wooden spoon to break up any clumps of meat as you go. The meat will take 8-10 minutes to cook.
Aromatics: add the paprika, dried cilantro, chilli powder, cumin and cayenne pepper to the cooked beef and give it a stir to combine.
Liquids: pour in the vegetable stock, followed by the diced tomatoes.
Beans: next add the black beans and butter beans.
Vegetables: then add the sliced zucchini and mini corn cobs.
Boil and simmer: stir the soup, lifting the meat mixture of the base of the pot then bring the soup to the boil. Once boiled reduced the heat to medium and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes.
Serve: portion the soup into bowls, provide cilantro leaves and lime wedges for serving and spoons and forks for eating.

Note 1 - Beef mince: also known as ground beef. This is an excellent cut of beef for a wide variety of recipes. We use this in place of the traditional beef shanks used for the recipe to significantly reduce the cook time of the soup.
Note 2 - Garlic powder: a fantastic dried version of garlic that is convenient and handy to have. It does have a tendency to dry out in the bottle (even when closed) if you haven't used it for a while. So check it if unsure before (not after 😭) heading to the shops 👍.
Note 3 - Onion powder: as above. Handy and convenient! This saves time peeling and chopping an onion.
Note 4 - Corn cobs: we need 4 mini corn cobs and then we cut each of those in half. So you will have 8 corn portions. The kernels literally burst in your mouth. They are so juicy and delicious!
Note 5 - Diced tomatoes: try and get the ones that are plain ie not 'Italian style' as they have extra herbs and spices that we don't need as we are adding plenty of our own and then some 😁.
Serving size: 4-6 depending on how big you fill the bowls!! More meal prep you could easily stretch this to 6-8 small lunch servings.