Name: Beef Barley Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 160 min
Total time: 180 min
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive oil; 1 pound lean stew meat, cut into small pieces; 1 cup celery, diced; 1 cup carrot, diced; 1/3 cup onion, diced; 1 Tbsp minced garlic; 3 Tbsp beef bouillon powder; 8-10 cups water; 1 large bay leaf; 1 cup uncooked pearl barley; 1/2 tsp pepper

Beef Barley Soup

Joan

Serves 8

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 2 40

Total Time 3

Course Soup

Cuisine Beef

Servings 8

Ingredients

1 tsp olive oil
1 pound lean stew meat, cut into small pieces
1 cup celery, diced
1 cup carrot, diced
1/3 cup onion, diced
1 Tbsp minced garlic
3 Tbsp beef bouillon powder
8-10 cups water
1 large bay leaf
1 cup uncooked pearl barley
1/2 tsp pepper

Instructions

Heat a heavy pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add oil
Add beef, season with salt and brown meat on all sides
Once meat is brown, add carrots, celery, onion and garlic. Cook for 3-5 minutes, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pot
Add water and bouillon and bay leaf ; bring to a boil
Once soup boils, reduce to a simmer and cover. Simmer about 2 hours
Add the barley, adjust salt and pepper
Simmer 35-40 minutes more. Remove bay leaf.
I like to measure or weigh out my soup and divide by 8. Each time I make it there is a slightly different amount due to evaporation of the water, depending on how fast or hard it boils.