Simple Beef And Barley Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine the oil, onions, celery, carrots, and garlic. Saute for 5 minutes, or until tender. Add the beef stock, barley, bay leaf and thyme and simmer until barley is softened but not mushy. Add the wine, potatoes and beef.
• Add the browning and seasoning sauce now if you want your soup to have more of a brown color. Simmer another 15 minutes and add the cabbage. Allow to simmer another 15 minutes, or until all vegetables are tender. Salt and pepper to taste.

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• Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven, such as Le Creuset. Add the oxtails, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes until browned all over. Remove the oxtails with a slotted spoon and reserve.
• Add the leeks, carrots, onion, celery, and garlic to the fat in the pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, until the vegetables start to brown. Tie the thyme sprigs together with kitchen string and add to the pot along with the bay leaves. Return the oxtails to the pot and add the broth, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1 teaspoon of pepper. Raise the heat and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hour. Discard the thyme bundle and the bay leaves, and skim off the fat.
• Meanwhile, bring 4 cups of water to a boil and add the barley. Simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, drain, and set aside.
• When the soup is ready, add the barley and cook the soup for another 15 or 20 minutes, until the barley is tender. Depending on the saltiness of the stock, the soup might need another teaspoon of salt and some pepper. Serve hot, with or without the oxtails.

Steps:

• In a 6-quart soup pot, heat 2 teaspoons of the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the meat and brown evenly, about 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the meat to a paper towel-lined plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium. Add the remaining oil and the onion and cook until the onion is soft and translucent, about 10 minutes, scraping the pot to loosen any brown bits.
• Add the carrots and garlic and sweat 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 1/2 cup of stock and scrape the bottom of the pot. Add the remaining stock, the meat, barley, and thyme and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer, skimming the pot occasionally, until the barley is cooked and the meat is tender, about 50 minutes.
• Ladle into deep bowls and serve, garnished with parsley.

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• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Brown beef on all sides; drain. Stir in broth, water, barley, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. , Add carrots, celery, onion and parsley; cover and simmer until meat and vegetables are tender, 30-40 minutes. Stir in peas; heat through.

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• In a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook and stir the beef, mushrooms, celery and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in flour until blended; gradually add broth. Stir in the carrots, potato, pepper and salt. Bring to a boil. Stir in barley., Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until barley is tender. Whisk in milk and tomato paste; heat through.

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• In large heavy saucepan or Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Toss beef with flour; in batches, brown all over, about 5 minutes. Transfer to plate. Drain any fat from pan.
• Increase heat to high; cook onions, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, celery, thyme and sage, stirring, for about 5 minutes or until liquid is evaporated. Stir in stock and wine; cook for 1 minute, stirring and scraping up any brown bits from bottom of pan.
• Add beef, tomatoes, water, pepper and salt; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 1/2 hours or until beef is tender.
• Add barley; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until tender. (Make-ahead: Let cool for 30 minutes; refrigerate, uncovered, in shallow airtight containers until cold. Cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Reheat to serve.).

Steps:

• Heat large soup pot coated with cooking spray over medium high heat.
• Add half of beef, browning on all sides, remove, repeat with remaining beef, remove.
• Add oil to pan, heat over medium high, add onion, sauté until lightly browned.
• Return beef to pot.
• Add carrots, garlic, water, salt, thyme, black pepper, bay leaves, and beef stock.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer 1 hour.
• Add barley; cook 30 minutes, or until barley is tender.
• Discard bay leaves.
• Check for additional salt and pepper.
• Garnish with parsley and serve.

Steps:

• Put meat and soup bone in heavy 3-quart kettle; cover with cold water, about 4 cups.
• Add salt, pepper and bay leaves.
• Bring rapidly to boiling.
• Reduce heat.
• Add carrots, barley, celery and onion; cover and simmer until meat is tender, about 2 ½ hours.
• Remove and discard bone and bay leaves.
• Cut meat into bite-size pieces and return to soup.
• Mix in tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, bouillon cube and oregano.
• Cover and simmer 30 minutes.

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• In a large heavy stockpot or dutch oven, heat oil until shimmering. Brown beef on all sides. Brown meat in small groups to prevent crowding, therefore steaming the meat. Remove meat from pot and discard oil when all the meat is browned, keeping the brown bits on the bottom of the pot (for flavor).
• Put the browned beef back in the pot and add 8 c water (at least enough to cover the meat). Add bouillon cubes and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until the meat falls off the bone, 2-3 hours, depending on your meat and heat.
• At this point, you should decide if you are serving the soup that day or the next.
• If you are serving the soup that day: pull out the meat and skim off any gunk on the surface. When meat is cool enough to handle, discard the bones and obvious fat. Add meat back to soup. Check for beef flavor of the soup. If not beefy enough, add another bouillon cube. Add the barley, carrots and tomatoes (if you don't like a lot of chunks of tomatoes, cut up some of the tomatoes and puree some) . Add salt to taste and cook until carrots are just tender, about 1/2 hour on a simmer. You can also add a squirt of ketchup if you wish.
• If you are preparing the soup for the next day : remove the meat and refrigerate. Strain soup to remove any unwanted bits, cover and refrigerate. The next day, about 1 hour before serving, remove the fat layer from the top of the soup. Begin to heat soup, over medium heat. Remove meat from the bones and add back to soup. Add carrots, tomatoes (if you don't like a lot of chunks of tomatoes, cut up some of the tomatoes and puree some) and barley. Add another bouillon cube if the soup is not beefy enough. Simmer until carrots are tender for 1/2 - 1 hour. Add salt to taste. You can also add a squirt of ketchup if you wish.
• Serve soup with noodles. (Kluski noodles are great!).

Steps:

• Wash beef; pat dry with paper towels. Trim away any visible fat; season beef with salt and pepper (to taste). Cut into small bite-sized cubes.
• Melt butter in a large, heavy-bottom saucepan. Transfer the beef to the hot butter and cook over medium heat until brown on all sides.
• Add remaining ingredients to saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and continue cooking, covered, for 1 1/2 hours or until barley is tender and beef is fork-tender.
• Remove the bay leaf and laddle into warmed soup bowls. Enjoy your soup as a meal complete unto itself or add a lightly-dressed fresh spinach salad and warm crusty french/italian bread.
• COOK'S TIP: For a delicious twist on traditional beef and barley soup, when it's done simmering stir in 4 cups of fresh baby spinach. Let stand, covered, for 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Brown beef in oil in saucepan over medium-high heat (do in batches if necessary), about 4 minutes per batch.
• Add broth, barley, and 5 cups of water to browned beef in saucepan and bring to a boil; cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until barley is tender.
• Stir in frozen mixed vegetables and gently heat through, about 5-7 minutes.

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• Heat a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add chopped onion and beef to pan; cook 10 minutes or until onion is tender and beef is browned, stirring occasionally. Add chopped carrot and chopped celery to pan; cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in garlic; cook 30 seconds. Stir in barley and remaining ingredients, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes or until the barley is done and vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaves.