Roast Beef Soup
Home-Style Soups, Salad and Sandwiches Cookbook
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If your family's like mine, you have to disguise leftovers in order for anyone to eat them! This special soup turns leftovers into a lively meal.
SERVINGS: 8
CATEGORY: Soup

METHOD: Other stovetop
TIME: Prep: 20 min. Cook: 40 min.
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds cubed cooked roast beef
- 1-1/4 cups chopped onion
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4-1/2 cups water
- 1 jar (12 ounces) beef au jus gravy
- 1 cup leftover beef gravy or 1 can (10-1/4 ounces) beef gravy
- 1 envelope brown gravy mix
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 cup dried lentils, rinsed
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
Directions:
In a 3-qt. saucepan, saute beef and onion in oil until onion is tender. Add the next eight ingredients; cover and simmer for 1 hour.
Stir in lentils; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add vegetables; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until lentils and vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaves. Yield: 6-8 servings (2 quarts).