I love soup. it’s one of my favorite cold weather meals. Amish Friendship soup is about as hearty and wholesome as they come.
Check out what my pals over at Recipe Lion had to say about this recipe:
This easy soup recipe includes yummy ingredients like onion, lentils, rice and macaroni noodles, along with ground beef, making it a hearty dinner meal the whole family will love.
I can remember my mother making this soup up (the dry ingredients) into jars and giving them away as gifts.
Ingredients
1/2 cup dry split peas, sorted and rinsed
1/2 cup dried lentils, sorted and rinsed
1/3 cup Lipton beef bouillon granules
1/4 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup dried minced onion
2 teaspoons McCormick Italian seasoning
1 cup small pasta, ditalini or tubetti
1 pound ground beef
3 quarts 3 quarts water
1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
Instructions
In a 1 ½ pint jar, layer the first seven ingredients in the order listed. Seal.
Remove pasta from the top of jar to be used later.
In a large pot, brown ground beef and drain.
Return cooked ground beef to the pot, add the water, tomatoes, and the remaining soup ingredients except the pasta.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
Add pasta and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until pasta, peas, lentils and barley are tender.
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Quick Tip: Layer the dry mix of this soup in a jar and pas sit on to a friend as a sweet gift.
Thank you to Recipe Lion for this great recipe.
