Grandma's Souper Meaty Surprise
Grandma's Souper Meaty Surprise is our favorite way to use up vegetables that need to be used! Just like my husband ‘s grandma used to make! This wonderful weekday meal is fast, easy, delicious and different every time!
Ingredients
- 1 pound beef, ground
- 1 pound pork, ground
- ½ pound peameal, canadian or back bacon, diced
- 2 cans condensed cream of mushroom, celery or tomato soup
- 2-3 cups any combination of finely chopped onion, peppers and mushrooms (or any other vegetable you want to include) more or less to taste
- 2 tablespoons garlic, minced more or less to taste
- ½ teaspoon salt -
- ¾ teaspoon pepper -
- 1 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper flakes - more or less to taste
- butter -
- olive oil or another vegetable oil -
Instructions
- In a large skillet, over medium heat, melt butter and cook bacon until browned.
- Remove bacon from pan and place on paper towel to drain.
- In the meantime, in a large pot, cook ground beef and pork until no longer pink. Drain if necessary, and return to the large pot.
- Add chopped bacon to the large pot as well.
- In the same skillet, over medium heat, heat some oil and wait for it to shimmer or when a drop of water flicked in it dances.
- Add prepared vegetables and cook until tender.
- Add garlic right before you are finished cooking the vegetables.
- Dump vegetables into the large pot.
- Add cream soups to the large pot and stir to combine.
- Heat and season with salt, pepper and crushed red pepper flakes to taste.
- Serve over rice or pasta. Enjoy!