Servings: 10 servings | Cook Time: 40 minutes
Enjoy the best soup in the comfort of your home. Grab your slow cooker and prepare everything. The next thing you know, you have this healthy, rich, and delish Beef and Barley Soup on your dinner table. This is the best soup – you got the flavors, then, you got blends of texture in a snap that just cracks in your mouth.
This is a complete meal in a bowl. It got loads of nutritious vegetables, tender beef, and plump barley. You can never ask for anything better than this! This is great as a make-ahead dish, too. And it freezes well. Making this the perfect family meal. This has been my go-to and this meal never fails me. My family loves this, even my picky eater can finish a big bowl in a heartbeat! This is pretty easy to prepare and the ingredients are simple and are readily available. All you have to do is just add everything in your slow cooker and leave.
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 tablespoons beef base (this is different than beef broth it is a base that makes beef broth)
8-10 cups water
1 large bay leaf
HOW TO MAKE BEEF AND BARLEY SOUP
Step 1: In a non-stick frypan, cook the beef while frequently stirring until browned.
Step 2: Once cooked, transfer the browned beef into a crockpot. Add in the carrot, celery, onion, and mushrooms, beef base, water, garlic, and bay leaf.
Step 3: Cook for an hour on high heat. Then, add in the pearl barley. Adjust the heat to low and continue cooking until the vegetables and beef are tender.
Step 4: Sprinkle some salt and pepper. Stir well.
Step 5: Then, discard the bay leaf.
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 tablespoons beef base (this is different than beef broth it is a base that makes beef broth)
- 8-10 cups water
- 1 large bay leaf
Instructions
Step 1: In a non-stick frypan, cook the beef while frequently stirring until browned.
Step 2: Once cooked, transfer the browned beef into a crockpot. Add in the carrot, celery, onion, and mushrooms, beef base, water, garlic, and bay leaf.
Step 3: Cook for an hour on high heat. Then, add in the pearl barley. Adjust the heat to low and continue cooking until the vegetables and beef are tender.
Step 4: Sprinkle some salt and pepper. Stir well.
Step 5: Then, discard the bay leaf.
