Ingredients
- 1 lb mixed cooked meats (beef
- lamb
- pork
- chicken
- game
- etc.)
- 1/2 gal chicken stock
- 1/2 gal beef stock
- 1 ounce Worcestershire sauce
- 1 c. diced tomatoes
- 1 lrg onion diced
- 1 x celery rib diced
- 1 sm green bell pepper diced
- 1 lrg potato diced
- 2 lrg carrots diced
- 1/4 c. peas
- 1/2 c. okra
- 1/4 c. lima beans
- 1/2 c. yellow corn
- 2 tsp chopped garlic Salt to taste Freshly-grnd black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 2 hrs - skimming the top as needed.
- This recipe yields 6 servings.
- Comments: Many regional versions of this soup are thick sufficient to stand your spoon in.
- I developed this recipe to be a lighter first-course soup.
- A favorite at Kentucky Derby time, its history dates back to before the Civil War.
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