French Country Farmhouse Soup Recipe

This French country farmhouse soup recipe is a really light and enjoyable soup. It has nice big chunks of beef, but works equally well using chunks of lamb as well. The recipe contains potato and carrots and you can also add cauliflower or peas as well if you like.

As with all soups, this one tastes even better the next day, or even day 2, but any leftovers can be frozen. We based our nutritionals on 6 serves, but they are big hearty portions and this recipe could easily serve 8.

One serve of this recipe represents 13% of the recommended daily energy intake of an average person.

This recipe is Easy Low Carb Dinners, low fat, low sugar, low sodium and a good source of protein.

Energy per 100g: 222kJ - 53Cal
Fat per 100g: 1.6g

This recipe serves 6.

Recipe Ingredients:

500g Lamb or Beef, diced
1 tbsp. olive oil
2 sticks celery
2-3 cloves garlic
2-3 bay leaves
1 tsp. rosemary
1 tsp. thyme
1 can cannelloni beans, drained and rinsed
2 large potatoes cut into chunks
3 slices short cut bacon, all fat removed, diced
½ leek, washed and sliced
1 small onion
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
2 carrots cut into chunks

5-6 cups heated chicken stock, salt reduced

Recipe Method:

Set up and turn on your slow cooker.
On the stove heat a fry pan with olive oil and brown the meat in 2 batches so you sear the outside.  After each batch place in slow cooker.
In the same frying pan sauté onion, celery and leek for a couple of minutes and add to meat as well.
Cook bacon in pan until browned and add to onion/meat.
Now add heated stock with thyme, rosemary, cracked pepper, garlic, bay leaves and Dijon mustard.  Simmer in slow cooker for 2 hours.
After 2 hours, add potatoes and carrot chunks.  You might need to add more stock or water.  All ingredients must be covered.
Simmer in slow cooker until veg’s are cooked.
Serve with garnish parsley or crusty bread.

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