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Daka - from my understanding, meat has significantly less water than vegetables do.
When you cook vegetables, that water is quickly pulled out. With meat, you have to break down the fat and it takes longer for that moisture to heat the meat to a safe temperature and actually cook it.
For this reason, many recipes that start with raw meat tell you to actually cook the meat first, and then add the rest of the ingredients. At minimum, the amount of time the meat needs to cook to a safe temperature on the stove should be added to your total cooking time if you're thinking of adding meat to a soup recipe.
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