Pantry Chuckwagon Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a large stockpot over medium-low heat.
• Cook until crisp; remove bacon with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain.
• To the drippings, add beef, chopped onion, celery, and garlic.
• Cook, stirring, until beef is browned.
• Add the carrots, beef broth, tomatoes, chile peppers, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and chipotle pepper.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.
• Add the drained beans.
• Taste and add pepper and more salt, if necessary. Simmer for about 15 minutes longer.

Steps:

• In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, paprika, 1 teaspoon chili powder, salt and garlic powder. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat. , In a large soup kettle, brown beef in oil in batches. Stir in the onions, tomatoes, broth, bay leaf, cayenne and remaining chili powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally., Add potatoes and carrots. Cover and simmer 35-40 minutes longer or until meat and vegetables are tender. Add corn and heat through. Discard the bay leaf before serving.

Steps:

• Using a food processor, blender or immersion blender. puree chicken broth, pinto beans (with liquid), sliced carrots (with liquid), peas, tomato sauce, ham, and green chilies.
• Place puree in your soup pot and add diced tomatoes with liquid, chili, corn, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder and black pepper. Taste soup first to see if you want salt, because country ham is salty. Also if you subbed regular smoked ham you might want some salt.
• Bring soup to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 20-30 minutes to give the soup time to blend flavors. Add hot sauce if you like.
• Serve hot with crackers and you can freeze leftovers for probably a month or so.

Steps:

• Combine the fire-roasted tomatoes, corn, enchilada sauce, chopped green chiles with liquid and black beans in a large pot over high heat, adding salt and pepper as needed. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes to bring all the flavors together.
• Add the gnocchi, chorizo and queso blanco and cook until the gnocchi has softened and the cheese has melted, 2 to 3 minutes. Serve immediately garnished with cilantro.

Steps:

• In a large pot add 1 tbsp oil over medium high heat add onions, celery and mushrooms and cook till onions are slightly tender add ground beef and cook till browned. Make sure you keep the beef from sticking or clumping. Drain any fats.
• Add remaining ingredients up to but not including the pasta. Cook over medium heat for 1 hr or until veggies are somewhat tender.
• Add your cooked pasta and serve with a dollop of sour cream and some grated cheddar cheese.