Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

Description

Slow cooker, hearty, easy. Serve with a hearty bread, and enjoy.

Ingredients

  • 1 (3 pound) beef chuck roast
  • ½ cup barley
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons oil
  • 3 carrots, chopped
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 cubes beef bouillon cube
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 (28 ounce) can chopped stewed tomatoes
  • salt to taste
  • ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Place chuck roast in a slow cooker. Cook on High until tender
  2. 4 to 5 hours. Add barley and bay leaf during the last hour of cooking.
  3. Remove meat; chop into bite-size pieces. Discard bay leaf. Set beef
  4. broth
  5. and barley aside.
  6. Heat oil in a large stock pot over medium-high heat. Sauté carrots
  7. celery
  8. onion
  9. and frozen mixed vegetables until tender
  10. 5 to 7 minutes. Add water
  11. stewed tomatoes
  12. beef bouillon cubes
  13. sugar
  14. 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  15. and beef-barley-broth mixture. Bring to boil
  16. reduce heat
  17. and simmer 10 to 20 minutes.
  18. Season with salt and pepper before serving.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 5 hrs 30 mins

Total Time: 5 hrs 50 mins

Servings: 10

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