Shane McAnally I Like That Soup

Tonight we celebrate a LGBT hero from the world of country music! Read about this great talent in a short article after the recipe.

Tonight's home made beef rice soup develops its rich taste by letting the professionals do the seasonings! Meat from bratwurst and hamburger, stewed tomatoes, prepared beef broth and long grain and wild rice create a soup that is low on salt and fat while warms the whole body with a rich down-home taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1 lbs cooked ground beef
• 1/2 lbs cooked sausage (bratwurst)

2 cups reduced sodium beef broth

• 1 can 28oz stewed tomatoes, undrained
• I box long grain & wild rice
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 package beef gravy mix
• 2 tablespoons red wine optional
• salt & pepper to taste
• Hot Sauce to taste

Directions:

Mince the garlic. Cut open the bratwurst and empty into a bowl. 
 

In a dutch oven heat oil, onions and loose sausage. Stir and cook for 4 – 5 minutes or until mostly cooked.

Now add the hamburger for another 8 minutes, stir in the minced garlic and let simmer.

Remove with a slotted spoon and drain off any grease.

Pour in 1 cup of the beef broth and stir to loosen any bits from the bottom of the pan – this is great tasting stuff you want in your soup, not stuck to the pan. Add the rest of the broth and return the meat. Pour in the can of stewed tomatoes, juice and all.

Stir to mix. Bring to a soft boil then reduce heat. 
 

Stir in the Worcestershire sauce, gravy mix and the long grain and wild rice. 
 

Let the dance begin!

Partially cover allowing steam to vent and let simmer for 50 minutes to a full hour. Check and stir occasionally so nothing sticks to bottom. 
 

At this point taste test! Adjust with any salt & pepper, most of the seasoning has already been done by professionals in the broth and the stewed tomatoes. If you wish more kick, this is the time to add small spoons of hot sauce.

Please wait until soup is cooked so you get a feeling of how much is needed. Remember people can add some at the table but no one can take too much away! 

 

Now then, not to belabor the point, but I wish you consider making this soup as if you were hosting an old fashioned barn dance.

You've clean up the place and set up the lights!

You invite good people you believe will get along.

The music and drinks are the heat and gentle stirring.

Every 15 minutes or so, scrap and stir so that bits don't stick to the bottom.

You don't want wall flowers. Get them into the party.

As the fun begins, flavors get to know each other. Their laughter brings out the best of each other as they dance together.

Give them time, sing! Enjoy the evening as this magic develops on your stove top.

Give it time and love, not hard work! You will be singing “I Like That”!

So happy to be able to serve this soul warming soup. It is naturally low fat and low salt if you watch your ingredients!

For our music we turn to a favorite of mine from Shane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nUmFVg5SEU&list=PLTHSZb9XDNr0tVg676lFWLHVeaWnT4fHM&index=3

Recipe Notes

Soup may thicken upon cooling, add extra broth (or water) to reach desired consistency.

Calories: 149, Fat: 5g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 17mg, Sodium: 385mg, Potassium: 623mg, Carbohydrates: 15g, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 1g, Protein: 10g.

Serving my Master Indy

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To satisfy and restore.

To nourish, support and maintain.

To gratify, spoil, comfort and please,

to nurture, assist, and sustain

…..I cook!

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Shane McAnally

Shane McAnally has been called Nashville's most trusted songwriter. He’s penned dozens of songs for top-tier country artists and won awards for his own hits like ‘Follow Your Arrow’ and ‘Merry Go Round.’

By anyone's definition he is a success. No small achievement for a man who has been an out gay all of his professional life. That took more than talent, that took an amazing amount of hard work!

Shane McAnally was born in 1974, in Mineral Wells, Texas.

Shane has been an active member in the industry since 1999. He began performing at local clubs at age 12. Shane appeared on Star Search when he was 14. Then a year latter he moved to Branson, Missouri to pursue his career as a singer.

In 2001, he settled in Los Angeles and began rising in the field of music. He composed six songs for the soundtrack of 2007 gay cinema film Shelter. (long my personal favorite!)

 

 

Within another 7 years Shane won multiple Grammy Awards and the coveted title of Songwriter of the Year at the 2014 Academy of Country Music Awards. This year at the 2018 CMT artist of the year awards: Shane won Song of the year – “ Body Like a Back Road”!

 

McAnally has been openly gay throughout his long career in the country music industry, and has been married to his partner Michael Baum for five years. The couple are parents to a set of twins named Dylan and Dash.

 

 

 

This year as we celebrate the 50^th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, lets take a moment to celebrate what 50 years ago would have been impossible!