Beef Mushroom Barley Soup

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb beef stew meat
• 3 onions, chopped
• 6 carrots, diced
• 1 lb button mushroom, sliced
• 8 cups beef broth (use low sodium if you prefer)
• 1 cup barley
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 dashes tabasco sauce

Recipe

• 1 remove visible fat from beef and cut into small pieces.
• 2 brown meat (in 1 tsp olive oil if desired).
• 3 add onions and mushrooms and saute for 10 minutes.
• 4 stir in remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for at least 2 hours.
• 5 you can add some water if soup gets too thick.
• 6 pour into bowls and serve.