This is the perfect soup for a cold winter day. It will fill you up it’s full of amazing flavor! The kids will love it too!
This soup is fantastic! Simply delicious and so healthy too! I love soup with barley in it and so do the kids. I like to make a big batch and freeze some. It’s always great to have some soup in the freezer for when someone gets sick.
This can also be made in the crock pot or slow cooker. After you brown you beef, add all ingredients to the crock pot. Cook on low for 4-6 hours or until carrots are cooked.
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Best Ever Beef And Barley Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound boneless chuck roast trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 1/2 cups carrots thinly sliced
- 1 1/2 cups celery thinly sliced
- 2/3 cup onion chopped
- 1 package pre-sliced mushrooms 8-ounce
- 2 tbs beef base (this is different than beef broth it is a base that makes beef broth)
- 8-10 cups water
- 1 large bay leaf
- 1 cup uncooked pearl barley
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tbs garlic
Instructions
- Brown beef in non-stick fry pan until browned, stirring frequently.
- Remove beef from pan and place in crockpot, Add carrot, celery, onion, and mushrooms, beef base, water, garlic and bay leaf.
- Cook on high heat for one hour, add pearl barley then turn down to low and cook till vegetables and beef are tender. Stir in salt and pepper.
- Discard bay leaf.
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Jill says
how long would you do it in a crock pot
Kandy says
How much longer after 1 hour on high (or 4-6 hrs on low) to finish the barley and carrots?? Total cook time says 40 minutes … ?????
diane says
i also have tried all the print options, and can’t get any to work.
Vida Recipes says
If you add the word print at the end of the link it brings up a nice print friendly page.
For example: https://www.vidarecipes.com/recipe/best-ever-beef-and-barley-soup/print
Bethane OCONNELL says
Making this today for my Forest Fire Fighter hubby who is home for a couple of days! Yum!
Eliza hill says
Sounds wonderful and would like to make it. Wish there was a way to print out the receipt,
Vida Recipes says
At the top there is a print option