Vegetable Beef Soup (Fall apart beef!)

Name: Vegetable Beef Soup (Fall apart beef!)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 5 min
Cuisine: European, American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil (, separated); 500g/1 lb stewing beef (, cut into 1.75cm / 2/3" cubes (Note 1)); 1/2 tsp salt and pepper; 1 onion (, chopped); 3 garlic (, minced (1 tbsp)); 2 celery (, cut into 0.8 cm / 1/3" slices); 3 carrots (, cut into 0.5 cm / 1/5" thick slices (halve larger ones)); 4 tbsp flour; 2 1/2 cups beef broth/stock (, low sodium); 1 1/2 cups dry red wine, Guinness beer or stout ((Note 2)); 1 1/2 cups water; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp thyme dried; 1 cup frozen peas; 2 potatoes ((any type), cut into 1.5cm / 2/3" cubes); 1 tbsp (15g) butter or oil; 200g/ 6oz small mushrooms (, quartered or halved)

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:1h 50min

Recipe VIDEO above. Melt-in-your-mouth chunks of beef, vegetables and potato in a hearty herb infused broth. You'll love how the soup broth is slightly thickened and the extra flavour the wine or beer adds to the soup (the secret ingredient!). 20 minutes active cook/prep.

Updated at: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:03:37 GMT