Skinny Chunky Vegetable Beef Barley Soup Recipes

Steps:

• In Dutch oven or large skillet, combine ground beef, onion, and garlic. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until beef has changed color. Drain fat.
• In a large crockpot, combine the beef mixture and the rest of the ingredients up to the water.
• Cover and cook on low 7-9 hours or until barley is tender.
• When barley is tender add tomatoes. Cook an additional 10 minutes.
• Add salt, if desired.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add meat; cook and stir until meat is browned. Stir in broth, onion, celery, oregano, garlic, pepper, and bay leaf. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours for beef or 45 minutes for lamb.
• Stir in frozen vegetables, undrained tomatoes, parsnip, and barley. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 15 minutes more or until meat and vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf.

Steps:

• Stovetop: Let soup base fully dissolve in water. Add all ingredients except the peas and barley. Bring to boiling, then reduce heat and simmer 1 hour. Add peas and barley and continue cooking 1 hour.
• Crockpot: Cook ingredients on low overnight and/or throughout the day. Turn to high and add peas and barley for last hour.
• I usually use stew meat or round steaks for this recipe. Less expensive cuts of meat actually have more flavor than expensive cuts do and are great in soup.
• This is a very forgiving recipe. You can change the recipe to suit your taste, or what you have on hand. Can substitute rice or pasta for the barley, just be sure to adjust the amount and cooking times of these accordingly. You can also add, or omit, any vegetables you desire. Just make sure to include the celery, onions and carrots which is the base of the vegetable flavor in this soup. If you decide to use bullion instead of the soup base you may want to leave out the salt as it is pretty salty.
• Bones give soup a wonderful flavor, so if you buy a cut of meat that has a bone do not discard it. Throw it in the pot and remove it before serving along with the bay leaves.
• Bon appetit!

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large dutch oven.
• Add meat, season with salt and pepper and saute until dark brown. (About 8 minutes).
• Remove beef and set aside.
• Add celery, onions and barley to pan and saute until onion is golden (about 15 minutes).
• Add water, broth, tomatoes, corn carrots, bay leaves, and garlic.
• Return beef to pot and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to med/low and simmer uncovered one hour.
• Add peas and hot pepper sauce.
• Cover and simmer 30 more minutes.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper and additional hot sauce if desired.
• Serve.
• Wait for the compliments.

Steps:

• Brown ground beef, add vegetables, tomatoes, barley, and broth.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Let it simmer for at least 30 minutes.
• This is great for a crock pot, as the longer it cooks, the better it is.

Steps:

• In a gallon Ziplock bag, place meat and flour. Shake until the meat is evenly coated. Heat oil in a large pot and brown meat and garlic. It will stick some but don't worry about that, just don't let it burn. Add water, tomatoes, barley, worcestershile sauce, salt, basil, and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour, stirring every so often. Add the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20-25 minutes or until the meat is tender and the veggies are to your liking.

Steps:

• Brown beef and onion, drain any fat.
• Add remaining ingredients. Cook for a minimum of two hours.
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• After browning beef and onion you can also use your slow cooker on low for 7 -8 hours.