Oxtail Soup Recipe

This Oxtail Soup Recipe uses vegetables to thicken and season resulting in a hearty country-style beef soup.

Oxtail originally really did come from the tail of an ox back when every part of the animal was used for human consumption and nothing was wasted. Nowadays it is actually the tail of beef cattle.

For an excellent, flavorful stock base for any kind of beef soup, use Oxtail. Because of the collagen released during cooking, the resulting stock or broth will be thick and jelly-like.

Our Oxtail Soup Recipe (below) starts with turning out this savory broth.

Oxtail Is Most Favorable in Slow Cooking Recipes

The tail is very bony and is cut into short lengths for purchase. Slow cooking recipes bring out the best in the oxtail. Simmering in a liquid produces super tender meat and also pulls the most flavor from the bones and marrow, which actually are the majority of the cut.

An Old-Time Vegetable Beef Soup Recipe

If you're looking for a vegetable beef soup recipe that's earned it's years on country tables, try this hearty potage. The small amount of meat on the bones can be stretched immensely with the addition of a range of vegetables.

Perfect for cold weather, plan on filling your home with the aroma of country cooking for most of the day either on the stove or in a crock pot. This is an easy soup recipe, but one to savor and enjoy...not to rush!

Directions For This Homemade Vegetable Soup Using Oxtail

  • 1 Large Oxtail (about 2-1/2 lbs.
  • Fat or Salad Oil
  • 1 tblsp. Salt
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1/2 C. Chopped Onion
  • 1/2 C. Chopped Celery
  • 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • Flour
  • 3 quarts cold water
  • 1/3 tsp. Pepper
  • 2 Sprigs Parsley
  • 1/2 C. Diced Turnips
  • 1/2 C. Diced Carrots

Have oxtail cut between joints. Singe to remove hairs; wash and dry. Dredge with flour and brown on all sides in hot fat in soup kettle. Add water, salt, pepper, bay leaf and parsley. Bring to boil and boil 10 minutes. Skim fat from broth; cover and simmer 2 or 3 hours, or until meat is tender (The longer the Better!!!). Remove meat from bones and add meat to broth (or serve joints in soup if time is short).

Add vegetables and simmer until they are tender. Stir in Worcestershire sauce. Serve this oxtail soup recipe very hot. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

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Beef soup recipes turn into robust meals for lunch or dinner with a few simple additions.

  • Try serving with toast or crackers, hard cooked-eggs, shredded lettuce salad, cookies and applesauce.
  • Enjoy this nostalgic soup from the country living past!