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Best-ever Beef Barley Soup
"Soups are my very favorite thing to cook! Many great soup recipes have been collected over the 57 years I've been cooking.....and this is one of the best. It is easy and the catsup gives it a unique taste that everyone, kids especially, seem to really like. The recipe came from a daughter, who is a great cook.....Sarahloves2cook."
photo by GaylaJ
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
8-10
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs lean ground beef
- 6 cups water
- 3 beef bouillon cubes
- 2 cups sliced carrots
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped onions
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped green peppers
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped celery
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup regular barley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 large bay leaf
- 1⁄3 cup catsup
- 1 (38 ounce) can crushed tomatoes, with their juice
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
directions
- 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.
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Reviews
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Excellent soup with a hearty consistency. Love the barley in it. Added a few handfuls of spinach just because I had some...it was great. Also used a leftover beef roast for the beef component and added a few chopped potatoes. This one is a keeper; thanks for sharing. One of the rare soups I don't find too salty for my low-sodium lifestyle, yet very flavorful. -
Love the soup, very hearty. Don't know where to find a 38 oz. can of tomatoes so I use a 28 oz. can or 2-16 oz. cans (maybe why mine seems so hearty). The ketchup gives it a subtle but familiar flavor. Didn't seem like enough barley but one cup is too much, I wouldn't go over 3/4 cup. OK with ground turkey too. -
absolutely delicious! made in the crockpot, cooking on low for eight hours. will definitely make again. found i only had about 10oz of ground beef and was lovely all the same. an extremely economical, child friendly meal. thank you. -
This soup was quite tasty. I threw in some French cut green beans and some diced potatoes just to add more substance, and added some Thyme. I also left out the tomato paste and catsup because it seemed tomatoey enough. :) -
Beef barley soup is my favorite soup. I usually eat Progresso Beef Barley 3 times a week. I was shopping and came across a box of Quaker Quick Barley. I googled, how to make beef barley soup with ground meat. I got this recipe and made it. It came out PERFECT. The taste was very favorable and hearty. Thank you.
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Tweaks
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OH what a wonderful soup. I made a few changes mostly due to what I had on hand so won't rate your recipe but we loved it loved it loved it. I scaled it down to 6 servings as only had a lb of ground beef. I used beef base instead of bouillon cubes, pure personal preference. I discovered when I went to add the barley that I had picked up quick cook barley so waited till about 20 minutes before serving to add the barley and also had some leftover peas that I needed to use so tossed them in there too. We both had 2 big bowls and I got leftovers to enjoy tomorrow that is if I can get through the rest of the evening without raiding the soup pot. :) Thanks so much for such a yummy soup.
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Wow - this soup was great!! We loved it and will definitely be making again and again. I used venison sausage instead of the beef, and I also added one can of whole kernel corn, one can of lima beans, and 3 medium potatoes (diced). We like extra veggies and thicker soup - a personal preference. I also used quick cooking barley because that was the only kind I had. The recipe makes a lot but that was fine with us. We had two meals for four people and froze the rest for one more meal. Thanks for a great recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
NoSpringChicken
United States
The proud wife of one of those legendary Iwo Jima Marines, I am 75 years old, mother of four wonderful children, grandmother of seven perfect grandchildren, grandmother of one "bonus" step-grandson (he is perfect, too)a cancer survivor, a quilter and a collector of cookbooks. My cookbook collection is stabilized at about 350, for I have learned to give an undesirable one to Good Will every time I acquire a new one.
