Heartwarming Beef-Barley Soup

Heartwarming Beef-Barley Soup

niedziela, 16 lutego 2014

Heartwarming Beef-Barley Soup

Time: 1 hrs 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs boneless beef chuck
• 4 cups water
• 2 cups low sodium beef broth
• 2 cups sliced celery
• 2 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 cup sliced carrot
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 cup quick-cooking barley (or regular barley, precooked)

Directions

• 1 Trim fat from meat, cut meat into 1/2-inch cubes.
• 2 In a Dutch oven combine meat, water, broth, celery, mushrooms, carrots, onion, salt, rosemary, pepper, and garlic and bring to boiling, reduce heat.
• 3 Cover and simmer 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until meat is tender, if necessary, skim fat.
• 4 Stir in tomato paste and barley. Return to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until barley is done.