Alphabet Soup

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

A quick-and-easy vegetable soup made with ground round and spicy vegetable juice cocktail. My kids love it!

Ingredients

1 pound ground round
3 cubes beef bouillon
3 cups hot water
1 (46 fluid ounce) bottle spicy vegetable juice cocktail
1 pound frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
8 ounces uncooked alphabet pasta
6 cups water
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1 Place meat in a large stock pot and cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain meat, except for about 2 tablespoons of juices.
2 Dissolve bouillon cubes in 3 cups of hot water and add to the stock pot with meat. Stir in spicy vegetable juice cocktail, mixed vegetables, alphabet pasta, and 6 cups water. Simmer 20 minutes, or until pasta is tender. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.