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Slow Cooker Beef & Vegetable Soup

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 400 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 1 large yellow onion chopped
  • 1 to 1.5 lbs ground beef
  • 5 carrots peeled and sliced
  • 4 stalks celery diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp Worcestershire or to taste
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne
  • 2 tbsp fresh oregano minced
  • 2 tbsp fresh thyme minced
  • 29 oz . crushed tomatoes
  • 29 oz . tomato sauce
  • 3 to 4 cups cabbage sliced
  • 2 cups sweet corn
  • 1 1/2 cups peas or lima beans
  • 2 cups large russet potatoes chopped, about 4
  • 4 cups beef stock
  • sea salt and black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a saute pan and add the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, oregano and thyme. Cook covered on medium high heat for 7-8 minutes until soft.
  2. Transfer the vegetable mixture to the crock pot.
  3. Add the ground beef to the same pan and brown, breaking apart as it cooks, about 2-3 minutes.
  4. Add the ground beef, potatoes, corn, peas, cabbage, beef stock, worcestershire, crushed tomato, tomato sauce, salt and pepper to the crock pot.
  5. Cook 7-8 hours on low or 4-5 hours on high. Taste and adjust seasoning if desired.