VENISON VEGETABLE SOUP
INGREDIENTS:
1 quart stewed tomatoes
3 potatoes diced small (about 2 cups)
1 large onion coarsely chopped
1 can sliced carrots (14.5 oz.)
1 cup frozen okra
1 can lima beans (15 oz.)
1 can green beans (14.5 oz.)
1 can whole kernel yellow corn (15 oz.)
32 oz. frozen mixed vegetables
1 to 2 lbs. ground venison (substitute ground chuck or beef if desired)
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon white sugar
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire
1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke
1 tablespoon olive oil (evoo)
1 teaspoon bacon fat (grease)
1 cup frozen peas
1/2 teaspoon thyme or rosemary (optional)
1 can tomato paste (6 oz.)
1 can chicken stock (14 oz.)
1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 oz.)Brown ground venison in olive oil and add to medium sized stock pot along
with all of the above ingredients. Do not drain liquid from the canned
vegetables but add to the stock pot. Bring to a boil and simmer with
lid on stock pot on low
heat for a least an hour until all vegetables are tender. Adjust
seasonings as needed (to taste).
YIELD: 18 cups
Serve with saltine crackers of your
choice, fried corn bread or hush puppies.
NOTE: Jennifer Johnson at
Permanet Solutions Salon was talking about her home made vegetable soup on 11-14-08 and this inspired
myself to dig through the kitchen cabinets and freezer and round up the
above ingredients and this is what I came up with and it turned out
excellent. The bag of frozen mixed vegetables on 01-22-09 contained
carrots, peas, lima beans, green beans and corn. There are no set
rules for vegetable soup; add more or take away ingredients at your own
desire.
Pix below of Bill Porter's Venison Vegetable Soup on
11-15-08:
There were plenty left over and will freeze it for a latter date when
the weather is cold and rainy, ideal days for a good home made soup of your
choice. As with all my wild game recipes, I call these recipes
collectively "Fruits of the Harvest."
Below pix of
another "batch" of venison vegetable soup on 01-22-09. Outstanding and
beautimous stuff!

I just about selected a stock pot that was too small for this recipe. This
stock pot
is 12 quarts in size. No room
for error on this one.....grin if you must.
Bill aka Mickey Porter
01-22-09.