Spicy Vegetable Soup

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 diced onion
• 5 potatoes (about 2 cups diced)
• 2 carrots (about 1 cup diced)
• celery (about 1 cup chopped)
• 14 1/2 ounces green beans
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 8 ounces fresh spinach
• 14 1/2 ounces petite diced tomatoes
• 10 ounces Ro-Tel diced tomatoes with peppers
• 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 bay leaves
• 6-8 cups chicken stock or beef stock

Directions

1. 1

   Begin first by dicing raw vegetables into required amounts making sure they are pretty much the same size.

2. 2

   In a large stock pot saute onion in vegetable oil.

3. 3

   Add carrots, potatoes, celery, spinach and all the spices(salt,chili powder, garlic salt, black pepper) cook until tender.

4. 4

   Add diced petite tomatoes and Ro-tel tomatoes with green chilies,.

5. 5

   corn, green beans, bay leaves and stock.

6. 6

   Add water if needed.

7. 7

   Bring to a boil and then simmer for two to three hours.

8. 8

   The last hour simmer with a lid on stock pot.