Heat oil in large Dutch oven.
Saute onions and garlic.
Add veggies and cook for about 10 minutes.
Add broth, water and barley.
Cover the pot and bring to a boil.
Add Worcestershire, spices and beef.
Stir in demi-glace.
Lower heat and simmer for 30- 45 minutes or until veggies and barley are tender.
Using a 5
or
6-quart pot bring to a boil, then simmer bones, steak, onions and bay leaves in about 4 quarts of water for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
(While doing this, cook barley.) Remove steak and bones.
Add vegetables, celery, cabbage and tomatoes and simmer about 20 minutes.
Shred or dice the meat, then add meat and barley.
Add
bouillon
cubes
if stronger flavor is desired.
(I usually
make this soup the night before it's to be eaten.)
In crock pot, combine stew beef with onion, celery, carrots, barley, bay leaf, salt (decrease salt if beef stock is salty, or add later), pepper, and beef stock.
Cook beef and barley soup on LOW in crock pot for 6 to 8 hours, stirring occasionally.
Rinse the frozen vegetables under cold running water to separate and partially thaw before adding to soup.
Mix all ingredients in 3 1/2- to 6-quart crock pot.
Cover and cook on low heat setting 8 hours or until vegetables and barley are tender.
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.
In a soup pot, boil the barley in 2 quarts of soup stock, 12 to 15 minutes.
Cook vegetable in separate pot to your own satisfaction (hard or soft).
Then put them into the barley soup. If soup becomes too thick, add water.
Leftover beef, smoked Ham or sausage (smoked butt is the best) can be cut up into small pieces and added to the soup before serving.
**I like to simmer on low for a couple hours and continue to stir it.
In a large pot brown beef with onion.
Drain fat and add remaining ingredients.
Simmer for 45 minutes until barley is tender.
Serves 6 to 8.
This is a thick soup.
(Best when made a day or two ahead of time.)
Brown beef with onion.
Drain any excess fat & could rinse off if want to really get fat out.
Add to large pot with the water and beef base and seasonings.
Start heating it up while chopping all the veggies.
Add veggies as you go.
Rinse off the barley and put in the soup.
Let simmer very low for 2-3 hours for best results.
Will want to stir often as it will stick.
I often keep adding water and more beef base as needed to keep it to the right consistency because it will thicken up as the water evaporates while simmering.
In a large stock pot brown the cubed beef in oil then add the onions, celery and frozen vegetables - cook until onions are translucent.
Add the rest of the ingredients and bring it to a medium boil.
Reduce the heat and allow soup to lighlty boil.
After 30 minutes taste, and add salt and pepper if needed.
Continue to simmer for 45 - 60 minutes.
Keep warm till your ready to serve.
In a large Dutch oven, brown the ground beef with onion, garlic and thyme (if using) until meat is no longer pink.
Add the remaining ingredients to pot.
Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours, adding salt and pepper to suit taste.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan on medium-high heat. Cook the onion and garlic, stirring, until the onion is soft.
Add the beef, barley, pepper, stock and 6 cups water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer, covered, for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
Season to taste with salt, if needed. Stir in the parsley before serving.
In Dutch oven or soup pot, saute ground beef until it loses its red color, breaking it up as it cooks.
(I use a two-tined cooking fork.) Add all other ingredients.
Simmer for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.
Adjust seasonings, if necessary.
ot, place 2 cans of beef and 2 cans chicken broth
Combine beef, barley, potatoes, carrots, leek, celery, pepper and stock in a pressure cooker.
Cover and lock lid into place. Turn pressure valve to 'cook' position. Place on high heat. When steam begins to escape at a constant rate, reduce heat to low. Cook for 20 mins. Turn off heat. Turn valve to 'steam release' position. When pressure cooker indicator is down, open lid.
Let stand for 5 mins. Season. Stir in parsley. Serve.
Brown cubed meat in hot fat.
Place meat, water and seasonings in soup kettle.
Cook with cover slowly for 1 hour.
Add barley; cook another hour.
Cool and skim off excess fat.
Puree tomatoes. Add carrots, celery, onion, tomatoes and string beans.
Cook 45 minutes.
Best if made over 2 days.
Throw in 2 beef bouillon cubes if short on meat.
Wash beef; pat dry with paper towels.
until tender.
Add beef broth and water, soup bone, thyme, marjoram
ll grains, before cooking barley, rinse it thoroughly under running
BEAN-BARLEY SOUP MIX: In a bowl combine
Note:
The best bet is to buy shoulder or top sirloin London broil; remove all visible fat and grind it yourself.