V8 Soup Recipes

GROUND BEEF AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, and carrots until tender, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into onion mixture; cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Remove pot from heat.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in batches in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer browned beef to onion mixture in the large pot using a slotted spoon.
• Heat onion-beef mixture over medium heat. Stir vegetable juice, beef broth, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, beef bouillon, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into beef mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer to blend the flavors, at least 1 hour.
• Stir corn, kidney beans, cannellini beans, great Northern beans, green beans, peas, lima beans, and okra into beef mixture; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until heated through, about 10 minutes.

HEARTY VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• In a stockpot, heat oil over medium-high heat; saute carrots, onions, celery and green pepper until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Remove bay leaf.

V8 CABBAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Clean and cut your fresh vegetables into small bite size pieces.
• Next add oil and all your vegetables to a five quart sauce pan, high heat for about four minutes.
• Next add soup packet mix, can of stewed tomatoes, and all of V-8 juice, bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes to an hour.
• If you want your soup to have some heat add a couple dashes of the Cholula hot sauce to individual servings.Very tasty soup.

V8 SOUP

Steps:

• Place potatoes and onions in soup pot and just cover with water.
• Add butter and boil until potatoes are tender but not too soft.
• Add the canned tomatoes, broth or stock, Worcestershire sauce, and V8® juice.
• Bring to a boil, and then reduce heat to low and cook for 15 minutes.
• Just before serving stir in milk and salt and pepper.

MEXICAN-INSPIRED CHICKEN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, saute chicken in oil until no longer pink. Add water and taco seasoning; simmer, uncovered, until chicken is well coated. , Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the V8 juice, salsa, beans and corn. Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until heated through. If desired, serve with optional toppings.

V-EIGHT VEGETABLE BEEF SOUP

Steps:

• Place ground beef in a Dutch oven or slow cooker. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain excess fat, and crumble. Add juice cocktail and mixed vegetables.
• In a Dutch oven, simmer for 30 minutes.
• In a slow cooker, cook 1 hour on High. Then reduce heat to Low and simmer 6 to 8 hours.