This hearty beef and vegetable soup with rice is perfect for cold winter days. It’s a great recipe to make and freeze because it’s super simple (and still delicious) when re-heated.
If you open your fridge and wonder what you should do with those vegetables staring back at you, this soup is a great choice. It’s one of those recipes that is great for using up whatever veggies you have on hand.
For this version of the soup, Phi used the following vegetables:
- Celery
- Carrots
- Peppers
- Zucchini
But the best part is, you can interchange them as you’d like. For example, you could use green or yellow zucchini, sweet potatoes, butternut squash or even eggplant.
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I feel like it is easy to get intimidated by making soup at home, but we’re here to say that it’s actually pretty simple and the results are amazing. Once you see just how simple a homemade soup is, check out more soup recipes here.
How to make beef and vegetable soup
- Cook olive oil and onion on high for 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic cloves, celery, carrots, bell pepper and zucchini and cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
- Add in the tomatoes, Italian seasoning and salt and cook for another 5 minutes. Add in the ground beef and cook for 5 minutes, breaking the meat up. Cook until the meat is no longer pink.
- Add in the beef broth, rice and tomato sauce and lower heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes, or until rice is cooked through.
- Remove from heat and ladle into a bowl. Top with grated parmesan and enjoy.
Can beef and vegetable soup be frozen?
- Yes! Absolutely. This soup is great to freeze because it re-heats so easily! Phi loves to store soup in these jars, then simply re-heat in the microwave until hot all the way through.
It’s the very best time of year to try your hand at making soup and this family favorite beef and vegetable soup is a great place to start!
Beef and Vegetable Soup
This beef and vegetable soup is hearty and perfect for the cold winter months.
Print RateServings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 garlic cloves
- 2 celery chopped
- 4 large carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 bell peppers seeded and chopped
- 2 zucchini chopped
- 2 roma tomatoes chopped
- 1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 6 cups beef broth
- 1 cup white rice
- 1 1/2 cups tomato sauce
- Grated parmesan cheese for topping, optional
Instructions
- In a large heavy bottom soup pot add in the olive oil and onion and cook on high for 2-3 minutes, then add the garlic cloves, celery, carrots, bell pepper and zucchini and cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.
- Add in the tomatoes, Italian seasoning and salt and cook for another 5 minutes. Then add in the ground beef and cook for 5 minutes, breaking the meat up. Cook until the meat is no longer pink.Â
- Add in the beef broth, rice and tomato sauce and lower heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes, or until rice is cooked through.
- Remove from heat and ladle into a bowl. Top with grated parmesan and enjoy.
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Notes
The nutrition information presented on this site should be considered an estimate as the calculations will change based on the exact products you use in your own kitchen.
Nutrition
Calories: 317kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 16g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 1544mg | Potassium: 798mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 6509IU | Vitamin C: 56mg | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 3mg
Antoinette M says
This beef and veggie soup looks delicious! Great recipe. My family’s favorite is a beef & barley soup.
Kim Henrichs says
Right now we’re loving white chicken chili which basically feels like enchilada soup!
Sara Williams says
My favorite winter soup is one I got from your recipes! The instant pot Sausage Sweet Potato soup. We LOVE it in our household and make it all the time!
d says
My new favorite is creamy tomato soup with cheesy garlic bread. Blew us all away how delicious and comforting it could be!
Sweetphi says
Oh yum, I’ve never had a creamy tomato soup, do you have a favorite kind or recipe? I’d love to know!
Mary W says
Our family favorite is Scotch Broth Soup. I use lamb bones with lots of meat to give the soup a rich, flavorful taste. The barley is a nice change and a good way to add healthy items to a menu.
Sweetphi says
Oh that sounds super delicious, yum!!
Monica says
I have two favorite soups – A rich and creamy Tomato Soup, and homemade Butternut Squash Soup. Your Beef and Vegetable Soup sound (and looks) yummy. I will be pinning it, and trying it this winter. Always looking for a good gluten free soup to try 🙂
Sweetphi says
I think you’ll absolutely love this GF soup, it’s so comforting and delicious – thanks so much for pinning, I always really appreciate that!
Susan L Craig says
This looks delicious. Can’t wait to try it. I also love roasted tomato soup. I roast a double batch of tomatoes, and use half for some tomato sauce.
Sweetphi says
Yum, that tomato soup sounds amazing!
Amy S. says
My favorite winter soup is roasted tomato soup with grilled cheese.
Sweetphi says
A comforting classic!
Jeff says
My go to winter soup is Ham & Potato with a bit of Cheddar and Broccoli.
Sweetphi says
Oh yum, that sounds delicious!
Rebecca says
I like to make a simple potato soup. Potato, onion, garlic. Maybe a carrot for color (and extra veggies). After cooking, add some milk to make the water turn opaque (looks better). And a few pats of butter. It’s pretty simple, but tastes really good!
Sweetphi says
That sounds so delicious, thank you for sharing that!
Jennifer Joyce says
My favorite soup is Chicken Cheese soup. It’s a recipe handed down from my mother-in- law, and my entire family loves it!!
Sweetphi says
That sounds super delicious!
KristyB says
I love soup days! Halfbaked Harvest has a recipe for “Easy Ginger Chicken and Spinach Ramen” – you make it in the crockpot and your house smells intoxicating for hours (thanks to the Chinese 5 Spice)!
Sweetphi says
This sounds so good, I’ll have to look that recipe up!
Sharon says
Can’t wait to try the Beef and Vegetable Soup recipe. It looks delicious, and easy. Right up my alley. My 2 favorite winter soups are Chicken Taco Soup and Lasagna Soup.
Sweetphi says
I think you’ll love that soup – and yum, I’ve heard of lasagna soup but never made it so I’m definitely going to look that one up.
Leann G says
My favorite winter day soup is chicken & wild rice or broccoli & cheese, but I’m always up for trying something new! ❄️
Sweetphi says
Those are two yummy soups! And this one is super awesome too, I think you’d love it!