Venison Recipe ∽ Excellent Venison Soup

This soup is outstanding and a wonderful use of ground venison or elk, which is much better for you than ground beef. It also uses some veggies that we don't use very often, if ever! Here, it all comes together deliciously.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds ground venison
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 parsnip, sliced
• 3 potatoes, cubed
• 3 carrots, sliced
• ½ rutabagas, peeled and cubed
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole peeled tomatoes, with liquid
• 3 cubes beef bouillon cube
• 3 cups water
• ½ medium head cabbage, coarsely chopped
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper

Cooking Directions

1. Brown venison and onions in a large pot over medium heat. Mix in onion, parsnip, potatoes, carrots, rutabagas, tomatoes, bouillon, water, cabbage, bay leaf, oregano, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and simmer 1 to 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

• calories330.1
• carbohydrateContent38.5 g
• cholesterolContent114.3 mg
• fatContent3.9 g
• fiberContent8.4 g
• proteinContent36.1 g
• saturatedFatContent1.4 g
• sodiumContent1018.5 mg
• sugarContent10.7 g