Country Pork Soup

Name: Country Pork Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb pork loin, cut into 1/2 inch cubes; 1 tablespoon oil; 1 cup carrot, thinly sliced; 1 cup diced celery; 1 cup cubed peeled potato; 1 (8 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 4 cups hot water; 3 beef bouillon cubes; 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, cut up; 1/2 teaspoon oregano leaves, crushed; 1 (10 ounce) package sliced frozen okra (optional); 1 dash hot pepper sauce

Submitted by Sandy in Oklahoma

"When I was young, we ate a lot of pork and chicken. I suppose it was less expensive than beef. I've eaten many bowls of this hearty filling soup while sitting at my grandma's table."

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photo by Caroline Cooks

Ready In:: 1hr 15mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 8

ingredients

1 lb pork loin, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 tablespoon oil
1 cup carrot, thinly sliced
1 cup diced celery
1 cup cubed peeled potato
1 (8 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon pepper
4 cups hot water
3 beef bouillon cubes
1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, cut up
¹⁄₂ teaspoon oregano leaves, crushed
1 (10 ounce) package sliced frozen okra (optional)
1 dash hot pepper sauce

directions

Add oil to dutch oven and heat over medium heat. When oil is heated, add pork and brown. Add carrots, celery and potatoes. Cook 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients except okra. Cover and simmer 1 hour, stirring often.
Add okra and cook 15 additional minutes.
Serve with crackers or cornbread.

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Reviews

Delicious! Mine turn out to be more of a stew, but I like stews even better. Added some broccoli for color and didn't peel the red potatoes. Made for PotLuck event in Cooking Photos.

Caroline Cooks
We needed a recipe for some leftover pork roast and this fit the bill. I omitted the sugar and had to substitute 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves, 2 tsp. low sodium soy sauce and a couple tablespoons of sour cream in place of the dry onion soup mix, but it still came out simply delicious. Since I didn't have to brown the meat I used the oil to saute all the veggies (minus the potato) to start and added everything else as prescribed. I added the already cooked pork to the soup after 30 minutes and added the okra after another 15. This cut the cooking time by 15 min. The potatoes needed the whole hour to be ready but sauteing the veggies in the beginning and using precooked pork helped reduce cooking time. Thanks so much for sharing!

earthformed
My husband and I loved this! I used about 3 cups of leftover pork roast, an extra cup of water, and fresh oregano rather than the dried. I also left out the hot pepper sauce. It was easy to make (which was necessary with two little ones clinging to my legs). The onion soup mix gave it a different flavor from what we're used to with meat/veggie soups--and although I doubted the okra as I put it in, it was a great addition as well. Good recipe. Thanks!

toddlermom