Hearty Vegetable beef barley soup
Nutritional Info
- Servings Per Recipe: 12
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 253.2
- Total Fat: 8.0 g
- Cholesterol: 36.7 mg
- Sodium: 569.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 28.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 6.9 g
- Protein: 17.2 g
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Introduction
This soup takes a bit of time to make but is well worth it on a cold winters evening. I do not use salt and pepper in cooking normally and in this instance the broth adds it for me This soup takes a bit of time to make but is well worth it on a cold winters evening. I do not use salt and pepper in cooking normally and in this instance the broth adds it for meNumber of Servings: 12
Ingredients
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1 tbsp canola/olive oil
1 LB top round beef roast, thinly sliced into bite size
Pieces.
3 large stalks celery, tough strings removed and diced
2 medium onions, peeled and diced
2 (10 ounce each) bags frozen mixed vegetables
1 (26.5 ounce) can traditional Hunts Tomato Sauce
2 (14.5 ounce each) cans diced tomatoes
2 (14 ounce each) cans beef broth
3 tbsp chopped cilantro
3 cloves of garlic, peeled , chopped fine or pressed
2 quarts boiling water
1 cup pearled barley (uncooked)
(optional Salt/pepper)
Tips
If you are a real meat lover you may prefer to add more meat....for my taste this was plenty. For the frozen mixed vegetables I use either peas and Carrots or bags with corn, peas, carrots, and green beans in them
Directions
Trim all separable fat from meat, cut into bite sized thin pieces. saute meat in olive oil until done.
Place meat, vegetables, Tomatoes sauce and diced tomatoes in a large dutch oven. Add beef broth, chopped cilantro, chopped garlic and boiling water . once the liquid returns to the boiling point reduce heat to a medium simmer and cook until the meat is tender. Return heat to boiling point add barley (optional) Salt, pepper or any other seasoning .
reduce heat to good simmer and continue cooking till barley has increased in size and is tender . It may be necessary to add additional liquid as the barley absorbs it
Serving Size: approximately 20 1-cup servings (dependent upon evaporation and liquid used in cooking
Place meat, vegetables, Tomatoes sauce and diced tomatoes in a large dutch oven. Add beef broth, chopped cilantro, chopped garlic and boiling water . once the liquid returns to the boiling point reduce heat to a medium simmer and cook until the meat is tender. Return heat to boiling point add barley (optional) Salt, pepper or any other seasoning .
reduce heat to good simmer and continue cooking till barley has increased in size and is tender . It may be necessary to add additional liquid as the barley absorbs it
Serving Size: approximately 20 1-cup servings (dependent upon evaporation and liquid used in cooking