Peruvian Menestron Soup

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, or as needed
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 tomato - peeled, seeded, and diced
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 pound beef stew meat, cubed
• 10 cups water, or as needed
• 1/2 (15.5 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 cup frozen corn
• 1/2 cup frozen lima beans
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 carrot, chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped cabbage, or more to taste
• 1 large potato, peeled and cubed
• 1/2 cup frozen peas
• 1/3 (16 ounce) box fettuccine
• 3/4 cup crumbled cotija cheese
• 7 large fresh spinach leaves
• 4 leaves fresh basil
• 1 tablespoon water, or as needed

1. Heat oil in a pot over medium heat; saute onion, tomato, and garlic until onion is softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add beef and salt to taste; cook and stir until beef is mostly cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
2. Pour about 10 cups water over beef mixture; add garbanzo beans, corn, lima beans, celery, carrot, and cabbage. Boil mixture until vegetables are mostly tender, about 10 minutes.
3. Stir potatoes, peas, and fettuccine into vegetable-beef mixture; cook until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
4. Blend cotija cheese, spinach, basil, and about 1 tablespoon water in a blender until smooth and liquefied, adding more water as needed. Pour cheese mixture into soup; cook until soup is green and cooked through, about 4 more minutes. Season with more salt if desired.

vegetable oil, onion, tomato, garlic, salt, meat, water, garbanzo beans, frozen corn, frozen lima beans, stalks celery, carrot, cabbage, potato, frozen peas, fettuccine, cotija cheese, fresh spinach leaves, fresh basil, water

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/236445/peruvian-menestron-soup/ (may not work)