Easy & Delicious Beef Barley Soup
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The Easiest and Most Delicious Beef Barley Soup EVER!
This Beef Barley Soup Recipe is so easy to make and so delicious. Simply choose your lean meat and vegetables, chop everything, cook your meat and then add everything else to one big dutch oven. It only takes 2 hours to simmer and enjoy a delicious bowl of Beef Barley Soup.
Once you start making this easy and delicious recipe, you won't be able to stop. It's a recipe that I adapted from a recipe card in the mail. My family enjoys this easy and delicious soup throughout the year and even my husband makes it. This Beef Barley Soup can be enjoyed, as an evening meal all on its own. It's that easy and delicious!
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It's so Easy
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It's Beef Barley Soup
What Makes this Beef Barley Soup so Easy & Delicious??
The secret to making this Beef Barley Soup recipe so easy and delicious is that you choose from the list of assorted winter vegetables. There is no need to count out how many carrots or onions or other vegetables to add to this delicious recipe.
All you need to do is choose from the list of your favorite winter vegetables in the recipe and chop until you have 5 cups of raw vegetables. If you only have one celery stick, add more onion and so on. If you prefer to omit the niblet corn, simply chop and measure your vegetables up to 6 cups on your measuring cup.
Also, all of the measurements are approximate in this delicious Beef Barley Soup Recipe. A little bit extra here and there won't matter with this easy and delicious recipe. It always turns out great. The leftovers the next day are very delicious!
Beef Barley Soup Recipe
INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 lbs Beef Cubes (Steak or Stewing Meat)
1 1/2 tbsp Cooking Oil
5 cups Assorted Winter Vegetables, Chopped
(Onions, Carrots, Celery, Rutabaga and/or Potatoes)
4 cups Water
1/2 cup or 1 small can of Niblet Corn
1/2 cup Pearl Barley
1 can (10 oz) Beef Broth Sodium-Reduced
1/4 tsp Dried Thyme, Dillweed, Black Pepper
1 Bay Leaf
Optional:
Garnish with Fresh Chopped Parsley
Beef Barley Soup Ingredients
Beef Barley Soup Method
Method:
1. Trim and cut beef into cubes and brown with cooking oil in a large soup pot.
2. Add all of the other ingredients plus the 4 cups of water and bring to a boil.
3. Cover and reduce to simmer for about 2 hours until beef and barley are cooked.
4. Remove the bay leaf and add extra boiled water if necessary.
5. Ladle into soup bowls and garnish with fresh parsley. Serves 4-6 people.
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John_Michael says:
After split pea soup and black bean soup, beef barley is a fave.
Posted January 10, 2012
Goldenpig999 says:
Hamburger stew, pretty much beef barley with ground beef very tasty!
Posted July 12, 2011
mARIAN dUTE says:
LAMB bARLEY
Posted May 23, 2011
I don't really have a favorite...
Netlexis says:
It changes with the seasons. In the winter I love hearty beef vegetable and the summer something creamy and light.
Posted December 14, 2011
Kimbesa says:
I like vegetable soup, vegetable barley and beef barley. Hard to choose just one!
Posted April 03, 2011
nightcats says:
I don't really have a favorite. I make home made soup regularly and more often than not, I create the recipe on the spot using whatever comes to mind. As for actual recipes, i tried a recipe a few weeks ago that was unusual and awfully good. It was an African recipe and contained peanut butter. It sounds odd, but the combination of flavors really worked.
Posted April 09, 2010
clouda9 says:
I like hot -hot soup...meaning kick any soup up with a bit of spice ;)
Posted October 04, 2009
CherylK says:
I agree with Brenda...I love so many different soups that I don't have a favorite. We make soup often when the weather turns chilly.
Posted September 27, 2009
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River_Rose
Jan 13, 2012 @ 12:43 am | delete
- Yes, I was looking for a recipe for barley...it is suppose to be good for you....thank you !
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John_Michael Jan 10, 2012 @ 10:16 pm | delete
- I have a supply of barley and now that the weather has turned cold ... YES!
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Wednesday_Elf
Nov 9, 2011 @ 11:12 am | delete
- Sounds delicious -- and easy. Easy is important to me as I'm not much of a cook! :) Beef Barley Soup would be great for lunch today as it is cold and windy here! :)
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linhah
May 6, 2011 @ 4:20 pm | delete
- Oh yes. i could eat a bowl right now!
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Mujjen
May 4, 2011 @ 11:02 am | delete
- This is a great recipe. I love both beef and barley, so the combination is perfect. This soup is easy to make and looks delicious!
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My husband and I enjoy making Beef Barley Soup as it's so EASY and DELICIOUS!
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