Nif's Hearty Healthy Beef Barley Soup

Submitted by Nif_H

"This is an awesome soup that I make and freeze in individual servings to take to work for lunch. You can also use pot barley, but it will have to cook longer. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 1 huge pot of soup
• Serves: 12

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 (optional)
• 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. Salt and pepper to taste.

Reviews

[lauralie41]

Delicious!

 

[PanNan]

We really enjoyed this light and healthy, yet hearty, soup for lunch. I had to use half beef and half chicken broth as that's what I had on hand. Because I made this for the Welsh leg of CQ4, I just had to make and add a bouquet garni of parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme from my garden while it was simmering on the stove. It added subtle herb flavor. It makes a lot so I'll be enjoying the leftover soup in my lunch this week.

 

[Linky]

Flavors were great; I love beef barley soup! I had some left-over rutabaga from making pasties, so added that to the mix. Only thing better would be to eat this during a gentle snow fall, rather than a warm summer's night!!! Made for CQ2017

 

[ratherbeswimmin]

Superb soup. I used homemade defatted beef stock. Loved all the chunky vegetables. Quite filling and left me feeling very satisfied. Thanks for posting this healthy soup recipe.

 

[pahealthymom]

We really loved this! I made it exactly to the recipe and it was very thick and hearty. Great for a cold winter night with ice all over the trees. I used the chicken broth since I couldn't find the fat free beef broth. Thank you for the recipe.