Hearty Healthy Beef Barley Soup

(from saymyname’s recipe box)

Source: Nif; Recipezaar

Serves 12 people

Categories: Beef, Main Dish, Soup

Ingredients

  • 3/4 lb beef sirloin, trimmed, cubed into bite sized pieces
  • 2 cups carrots, diced
  • 2 cups celery, diced
  • 1 1/2 cups onions, diced
  • 2 cups potatoes, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 small shallot, minced
  • 2 (10 ounce) cans mushrooms, use juice too (if using whole mushrooms, cut in half)
  • 1 3/4 cups pearl barley
  • 12 cups nonfat beef broth (substitute chicken if no beef)
  • 2 bay leaves

Directions

  1. Spray large pot with extra virgin olive oil spray. Over med-high heat, lightly brown beef and then add veggies, except for mushrooms. Saute for a 3-5 minutes.

  2. Add broth, bay leaf, barley, mushrooms (with juice). Bring to boil.

  3. Lower heat and simmer for 30-60 minutes or until barley and veggies are tender. Remove bay leaves.

  4. Salt and pepper to taste.

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