Step 1

Dice all the vegetables first and set the aside.

Step 2

Preheat a Dutch oven over medium heat and add olive oil.

Step 3

Add diced onions and bell peppers and cook until they start to soften. Mix it diced tomato and cook for a few more minutes.

Step 4

Move vegetables over to the sides and add ground beef to the center of the pan. Break it apart, cover the pot with a lid, and cook for a few minutes. After a few minutes, break up the meat some more and start mixing it with veggies. Close the lid and keep cooking until the beef is mostly done. Make sure to break up as many clumps as you can.

Step 5

Mix in tomato taste and then, pour in beef stock.

Step 6

Season with oregano, basil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper, mix well and lower the heat to low. Close the lid but leave a small crack for the heat to escape. Cook for about 20 minutes.

Step 7

Mix in rice, close the lid back up and cook until rice is done.

Step 8

Serve right away.

Step 9

If you don't plan to eat all of the soup right away, you can cook rice separately and add some to individual soup servings. Cook the rice in salted water according to the package instructions and add it to each bowl of soup as needed.

Step 10

Store cooked rice separately from the soup. Make sure to keep it refrigerated in an air-tight food storage container.