Beef Vegetable Soup - Crisco®

Ingredients

• 1 / 4 C. (50 mL) Crisco ® All-Vegetable Shortening
• 1 lb (500 g) beef stew meat, cut into 1 / 2 ” (1 cm) cubes
• 1 C. (250 mL) finely chopped onion
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 2 cans (19 oz / 540 mL per can) cans white kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 can (28 oz / 540 mL) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 6 C. (1.5 L) water
• 3 beef bouillon cubes
• 2 vegetable bouillon cubes (beef bouillon cubes can be substituted if necessary)
• 2 carrots, pared and diced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 tsp. (5 mL) salt
• 1 / 4 tsp. (1 mL) hot sauce
• 1 / 2 tsp. (2 mL) dried leaf basil
• 1 / 2 tsp. (2 mL) dried leaf oregano
• 1 bay leaf