Reviewed: Apr. 26, 2012

This soup was pretty good but lacks some ingredient that keeps it from being WOW. It's just a tad bland. Possibly adding garlic or increasing the spice. Not sure.

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Leonda58

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012

Overall I think this was a good recipe and had a good flavor. Unfortunately I could not find any beef stock bones at the time, so I substituted most of the water for more beef stock, a little vegetable stock, and a little water. It came out well like this. The only thing I would do different is to cook the beans and peas longer. Dry beans and peas take a long time to soften up. Even after cooking for an hour, they were still much too hard, and almost had an uncooked texture. I would recommend putting these in at the beginning and cooking throughout for the full 4 hours instead of only the last hour. Some reviewers commented that their noodles became too starchy in an hour. I used whole grain noodles, and after cooking at medium low for the full hour, they were soft but still intact. If you use white flour noodles, you may want to add these closer to the end as others recommended.

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Sheba

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Festus, Missouri, USA

Living In: Fenton, Missouri, USA

Reviewed: Sep. 29, 2011

Not bad, the diverse ingredients kept things interesting but it wasn't the best beef stew I've ever had. I used venison tenderloin plus beef bones and it turned out too "gamey" tasting. If I make it again, I'd add more noodles, skip the red wine and tomatoes, and use regular beef tenderloin.

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Kangrrl

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2011

good but not outstanding

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Laura_in_MT

Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2011

Yummy. I disagree about the wine - I think it was fabulous. I also added about a tablespoon of worcestershire sauce and a couple teaspoons of italian seasoning mix to spice it up a little. I also used brown rice instead of white, and doubled the quantity. I didn't add any noodles to keep it gluten free. I can't wait to see how it tastes tomorrow.

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jenjen

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jan. 20, 2011

If you dislike red wine, do NOT add. The stock was ok up until the wine was added. Even after adding sugar, condensed tomato soup, salt...nothing could cover the red wine flavor.

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Renee T

Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2010

I wish I could say that I liked this soup, but I cant. I even tweaked the recipe with the tips provided by highest rated review (i.e. removed black beans) posters. But the dozen or so people who ate this soup all pretty much agreed with the following: -Something was missing, a spice, an ingredient, something -The wine was not necessary, in fact some said it took away from the taste -Lack substance, with all the ingredients provided, it was pretty bland. Needless to say, I will be removing this recipe from my collection.

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unholi

Reviewed: Dec. 5, 2010

Wonderful! My husband said throw out all the other beef soup recipes..this is the one!

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sbh985

Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2010

Way to go Jack! I was making soups having made beef stock yesterday and came here to my favorite site for ideas. The best soup recipes do not come from bullion cubes, packaged vegetables or bottles of juice. I skimmed most of the fat off my stock then I could add butter without guilt! Way to Rock It Grandma!

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