Unloaded Bell Pepper Soup

Gather and prepare your ingredients

In a large pot or Dutch Oven toss in your ground beef, onions, bell pepper, and garlic.

Brown the meat, drain the grease, and return to pot.

Add in the mushrooms, beef broth, crushed tomato, tomato soup, basil, salt, and pepper and mix well.

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 35 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Prepare your rice around the 20 minute mark if your using "minute" rice.

Stir in cooked rice into the soup and heat for 3 more minutes.

Serve with warm bread and top with some pepper jack cheese for a nice kick.