Mock Turtle Soup
Mock Turtle Soup is a Louisiana style ground beef soup that comes together in just 40 minutes and served with chopped hard boiled eggs!
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 480kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef 90/10
- ½ onion diced
- 1 garlic clove minced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1 green pepper diced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- ¼ cup sherry
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon Louisiana hot sauce
- 4 cups beef stock substitute chicken
- 2 hard boiled eggs cut in quarters
Instructions
- Heat a Dutch oven over medium heat and brown the ground beef.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes, until softened.
- Add the remaining ingredients (except the eggs) and bring to a simmer.
- Simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add additional salt and/or lemon juice if desired (to taste).
- Remove from heat and serve with chopped eggs.
Notes
- The soup is thick. While you can enjoy it on its own, you can also serve it over rice.
- If the soup is too thick, you can just add more beef broth.
- To control the saltiness of the soup, I prefer to use low sodium or homemade broths like this slow cooker beef bone broth.
- If you don’t have beef broth, you can use chicken broth like this homemade crockpot chicken broth.
- I used 90/10 beef (extra lean ground beef) but you can also use 80/20.
- If the browned ground beef is too greasy, you can drain the excess beef fat before adding it to the soup.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cup | Calories: 480kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 196mg | Sodium: 2739mg | Potassium: 1080mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 630IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 90mg | Iron: 5mg