Keto Beef Minestrone Soup

Ingredients

• Olive oil or lard 1 TBS
• Beef meat cut in small cubes 600 g/21 oz
• 1 small onion diced 70 g/2.5 oz
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 1 small carrot/
• Crushed tomatoes/passata ½ cup/100 ml
• Beef broth 4 cups/800 ml
• Red ground paprika 1 TBS
• Freshly ground pepper to taste
• Dried basil ½ TBS
• Dried oregano ½ TBS
• Dried or fresh chives ½ TBS
• Sea salt ½ TBS (be careful if broth is salty, adapt it to taste)
• Red chili flakes to taste (optional if you want it spicy)
• Unsweetened cacao 1 TBS
• Green beans cut in halves 1 .5 cup/150 g/5.3 oz
• Green peas ½ cup/70 g/2.5 oz
• Zucchini cut in small cubes 300 g/10 oz
• 1 red bell pepper cut in small pieces 80 g/2.8 oz
• Baby spinach 3 cups/100 g/3.5 oz
• Celery stalks 3-5 cut in small pieces 50 g/1.76 oz

Steps

1. In a large pot on the stove (Dutch oven) heat the olive oil or lard and cook diced onion until golden brown and caramelized.

2. When onion caramelized, add minced garlic and beef cut into small cubes. Cook and occasionally stir until meat browned on the edges.

3. Add crushed tomatoes, carrot cut in slices, broth, salt, pepper, cacao and other herbs and spices, stir and cook on high heat until it starts to boil. Reduce the heat to medium low and let it simmer for 30 minutes or until meat is cooked and tender.

4. Add remaining veggies and simmer for 15 minutes.

5. Serve it hot an enjoy!