Easy Beef Soup

• 12 lb ground beef, browned
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, sliced
• 3 carrots, sliced or diced
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 12 cup pearl barley
• 34 cup frozen peas
• 34 cup frozen corn
• 4 packages beef bouillon
• 2 packages chicken bouillon
• 2 teaspoons tomato paste (or 2 big squirts ketchup)
• water
• 1 12 cups frozen diced hash browns
• garlic
• salt
• pepper
• basil

1. In a large pot add all the ingredients up to the tomato paste/ketchup.
2. Give a good stir.
3. Now add water to JUST cover and bring to a hard boil-turn down to a simmer, and simmer for 1 hour, stirring every so often.
4. Add hash browns, stir and in 5 minutes taste.
5. Add garlic, salt, pepper or basil if needed.
6. For Chili bean beef soup omit peas, barley, frozen corn (use canned sliced baby corn), 2 packages of the beef boullion, basil (offer red pepper flakes at the table).
7. Don't bring to a hard boil, bring to an almost boil, reduce and simmer, follow the original recipe now-stirring gently so you dont mash the beans.

ground beef, onion, stalks celery, carrots, tomatoes, pearl barley, frozen peas, frozen corn, beef bouillon, chicken bouillon, tomato paste, water, hash browns, garlic, salt, pepper, basil

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-beef-soup-10793 (may not work)