Cajun 18 Bean With Beef Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (14 ounce) package dry 18 bean soup mix
1/2 cup dried lentils
8 cups water
2 cups nonfat beef broth
1 lb stewing beef
3 teaspoons cajun seasoning
salt

Preparation

Wash and pick over the dry soup mix; set aside and cut the stew beef into small cubes; set aside.
Add water and beef broth to soup pot; bring to a boil.
Add the soup mix, lentils, stew beef, cajun spice mix and salt to the broth; reduce heat to simmer.
Simmer soup for 3.5 hours stirring once in a while.