Spicy Vegetable Soup

• 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 6 -8 cups beef stock

1. Begin first by dicing raw vegetables into required amounts making sure they are pretty much the same size.
2. In a large stock pot saute onion in vegetable oil.
3. Add carrots, potatoes, celery, spinach and all the spices(salt,chili powder, garlic salt, black pepper) cook until tender.
4. Add diced petite tomatoes and Ro-tel tomatoes with green chilies,.
5. corn, green beans, bay leaves and stock.
6. Add water if needed.
7. Bring to a boil and then simmer for two to three hours.
8. The last hour simmer with a lid on stock pot.

vegetable oil, onion, potatoes, carrots, celery, green beans, frozen corn, fresh spinach, tomatoes, rotel, chili powder, garlic salt, black pepper, salt, bay leaves, chicken

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spicy-vegetable-soup-398528 (may not work)