Southwestern Soup

Village Idiot · May 2012

Every other week or so, my wife will not know her schedule for coming home. So, I make that night, "Soup Night". It will be ready whenever.

Tonight, I made Southwestern Soup. It's very good.

Simmered with mesquite wood chunks.

Village Idiot · May 2012

1 lb. Beef, ground
1 cup Onion , coarsley chopped
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1 15 oz. can Pinto beans, rinsed
1 15 oz. can Kidney beans, rinsed
1 15 oz. can Black beans, rinsed
2 15 oz. can Rotel diced tomatoes, undrained
15 oz. Beef broth
2 cups Corn, frozen
1 envelope Taco mix
¼ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
2 tablespoons Coriander powder
2 tablespoons Cilantro, fresh chopped
1 12 oz. bottle Shiner Bock Beer
2 tablespoons Texas BBQ Rub
2 teaspoons Penzey's Southwest Seasoning
1 cup Water
Brown the beef, garlic and onion in large pan or Dutch oven, stir in above ingredients, bring to boil, then simmer.

Doc_Eggerton · May 2012

Looks delicious. Where are the tortilla chips?

cortguitarman · May 2012

That looks great. I've been hinting about a dutch oven for dad's day. It's never too late to plant the seed for the next eggcessory.

Village Idiot · May 2012

Tortilla chips and cilantro are crumbled in the middle of the soup.

Doc_Eggerton · May 2012

I love corn in my bean soups, but it is not a universally held view here. I am not familiar with the rub and seasoning. Was this on the spicy side?

Village Idiot · May 2012

Yep. Pretty spicy. "Southwestern" should have given you a clue. :)

travisstrick · May 2012

Gary, if I liked "southwestern" anything, I would love yours. That looks almost good enough to eat. :ar!

The Cen-Tex Smoker · May 2012

Nice VI. Thanks for the recipe

Botch · May 2012

I lived in Albuquerque for five years and really got into those flavors, yum!

Love your Hopi living room, too!

Egg Juju · May 2012

Yeah... I'm not sure which was nicer the soup or the room... but one could not eat the room I suppose. :) Sounds tasty too!

Griffin · May 2012

Great looking soup. Reminds me of Taco Soup, real similar, if I 'member correctly.

My Father-In-Law has that same picture hanging up at the ranch. Love that second room shot, how you changed the colors, but still kept them in soup. how did you do that?

Village Idiot · May 2012

Thanks, folks.

@Botch. Not Hopi. Headdress is Northern Cheyenne. Mask is Osage. Rug is Navajo. Shaman is Texan (Bill Worrell). Shiner Boch is Texan. Bronze wolf, unknown (bought in Albuquerque)

@Griffin. The picture is of Emiliano Zapata, the leader of the Army of the South in the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

The picture is done in Photoshop. If you know Photoshop:

1)Make duplicate layer

2)Decolorize new layer

3)Apply sepia tone.

4)Add layer mask and mask out bowl of soup (bringing back the original layer color).

Griffin · May 2012

Yep, that's the guy.

Nope, don't have photoshop. Probably need to get it. Very cool looking picture.

Village Idiot · May 2012

Yep, that's the guy.

Nope, don't have photoshop. Probably need to get it. Very cool looking picture.

Thanks Grif. That technique is used when you want to draw attention to a certain portion of the picture and yet keep the detail of the rest. With Zapata's picture, I thought sepia would be appropriate, giving it an aged look.

alynd · May 2012

How long do you let it simmer?

Village Idiot · May 2012

I let it simmer with the top off for about an hour to get a little smoke flavor, then I put the top on so I don't lose too much juice. Simmer more until ready to eat - 0 to 3 hours.

Little Steven · May 2012

Gary,

Can I move in? Love your decor. Nice photos too. I've made Sopa Azteca a few times and it is awesome.

Village Idiot · May 2012

Gary,

Can I move in? Love your decor. Nice photos too. I've made Sopa Azteca a few times and it is awesome.

Sure, Steve. You can move in. You'll have to sleep with Buffy, though. She snores.

TUTTLE871 · May 2012

Gary,

You got quite the setup and your presentations of food should make any restaurant in Paris jealous. Knowing my luck the day I retire wife will leav me, my animals will run off with a pack of other wild animals and I will then keel over.

Oh well I will live life today and make the best of it.

Village Idiot · May 2012

Knowing my luck the day I retire wife will leav me, my animals will run off with a pack of other wild animals and I will then keel over.

Oh well I will live life today and make the best of it.

Tuttle. You live in Texas, don't you? Isn't that all that really matters in life? :)

TUTTLE871 · May 2012

You are correct!! 6th generation.

Village Idiot · May 2012

You are correct!! 6th generation.

Me too. We might be related.

TUTTLE871 · May 2012

You are correct!! 6th generation.

Me too. We might be related.

Great Great Granfather Circa 1910 or so, East Texas (White Oak to be exact)

I know my family and I hope he was not fattening up the deer and and then making Venison out of it in front of all the kids.

Village Idiot · May 2012

Did he own an Egg? If so, that buck was on the adjustable rig by sundown.

I'm a lot older than you, so going back 6 generations for me puts my family back with Stephen F. Austin.

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