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Spicy Southwestern Beef & Bean Soup

Here's how you make Spicy Southwestern Beef & Bean Soup
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  • Servings: 6
  • Prep: 20m
  • Cook: 45m
  • The following recipe serves 6 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound ground beef (OR bulk sausage meat)
  • 1 medium yellow onion,chopped
  • 1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 can (4 ounce) green chilies
  • 1 envelope (1 ounce) taco seasoning mix (spicy Old El Paso taco seasoning mix)
  • 2 cans (16 ounce) red kidney beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 1 can (15 ounce) black beans (rinsed and drained)
  • 1 can (14.5 ounce) diced tomatoes (undrained)
  • 1 can (14 ounce) beef broth (OR chicken broth, or in place of water you can use all broth)
  • 2 cups whole kernel corn (yellow and white whole kernel corn)
  • Water, as desired
  • Crushed chili flakes, as desired
  • Seasoned salt and fresh ground black pepper
  • Sour cream
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a Dutch oven cook the ground beef with onion and jalapeno over medium-high heat stirring often (about 10 to 12 minutes) drain fat.

  • Step 2: Add in garlic; cook for about 2 minutes.

  • Step 3: Add in green chilies and taco seasoning mix; stir 1 minute.

  • Step 4: Add in kidney beans, next 4 ingredients and water starting with 2 cups of water until you have reached the desired flavor that you want; bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low and simmer partially covered for about 45 minutes, stirring often.

  • Step 5: Season with crushed chili flakes, seasoned salt and pepper about halfway through cooking time.

  • Step 6: Ladle into bowls then add a dollup of sour cream.


We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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