May. 4th, 2007

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Whenever I post a recipe that is something I came up with on my own the ingredient amounts are all guesstimations unless I'm baking. Sorry about that.

  • stew beef (1-2 pounds, how much meat do you like in your soup?)
  • one large onion, cut in quarters and sliced
  • 4-5 cloves of garlic (we just buy minced in a jar so a generous heaping tea spoon, the sort you stir your tea with)
  • water (I used about 3 quarts)
  • beef soup base or bouillon to make that water into broth (or just use broth if you have it handy)
  • a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 large turnip (or 1 small rutabaga), chunked
  • a generous handful of baby carrots cut in half crosswise (or about 2 regular carrots, chunked)
  • 1 humongous potato or about 2 normal sized ones, peeled or not as to your taste and chunked (we like Yukon Golds)
  • 1 can sauerkraut, size determined by how sour you want your soup (15oz is a good starting point)
  • black and cayenne pepper to reach the desired level of "hot"
  • vinegar if you need more "sour"
  • salt to taste

If the stew beef is in big chunks cut them down to bite size. Sear them in a bit of oil to get a nice carmelized brown on them.

Add onions and cook until soft and somewhat browned, add garlic, cook a bit more but don't burn the garlic. If you burn the garlic there's no recovery.

Add water, soup base, Worcestershire, some of the pepper, turnip/rutabaga and carrots. Cook until turnips and carrots are about half cooked.

Add potatoes and simmer until they are done.

Add sauerkraut and heat through.

Adjust hot/sour/broth-iness to taste.

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