Creamy Beef Mushroom Barley Soup in a Slow Cooker
Ready In: 6 hrs 15 mins
Serves: 8-10
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup dried shiitake mushroom
- 5 cups beef broth
- 16 ounces barley
- 1 sweet onion, diced
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 cup heavy cream (optional)
- 1 cup frozen green beans (optional)
Directions
- 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.
- Place shiitake mushrooms into a food processor and pulse several times to cut the mushrooms into small pieces.
- Stir shiitake mushrooms, beef broth, barley, sweet onion, garlic, black pepper, salt, celery seed, and parsley with the ground beef in the slow cooker.
- Cook on Low for 5 hours.
- Stir heavy cream and green beans into the soup and cook 1 hour more.
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