Creamy Beef Mushroom Barley Soup in a Slow Cooker

Submitted by Pinay0618

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• Ready In: 6hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 453.59 g ground beef
• 236.59 ml dried shiitake mushroom
• 1182.95 ml beef broth
• 453.59 g barley
• 1 sweet onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4.92 ml ground black pepper
• 4.92 ml salt
• 2.46 ml celery seed
• 4.92 ml dried parsley
• 236.59 ml heavy cream (optional)
• 236.59 ml frozen green beans (optional)

directions

1. Cook and stir ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat until crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain excess grease, and transfer beef to a slow cooker.
2. Place shiitake mushrooms into a food processor and pulse several times to cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
3. Stir shiitake mushrooms, beef broth, barley, sweet onion, garlic, black pepper, salt, celery seed, and parsley with the ground beef in the slow cooker.
4. Cook on Low for 5 hours.
5. Stir heavy cream and green beans into the soup and cook 1 hour more.