Beef & Barley Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb beef stew meat
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans condensed beef broth
• 2 cups water
• 1/4 cup barley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon caraway seed
• 1/8 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 3 russet potatoes, peeled,cut in 1/2 inch cubes
• 3 carrots, sliced
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1 (16 ounce) can regular stewed tomatoes
• 1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms

Recipe

• 1 cut beef stew meat into bite size pieces.
• 2 cook beef and onion in 3 tbs oil in large soup pot until beef is brown.
• 3 drain fat.
• 4 stir in the garlic and heat for another minute.
• 5 add the broth, water, barley, paprika, salt, caraway seed, and marjoram.
• 6 heat to boiling.
• 7 reduce heat.
• 8 cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• 9 add the stewed tomatoes, mushrooms (with liquid), potatoes, carrots, and celery.
• 10 heat to boiling, reduce heat: cover and simmer until the vegetables are done to your taste. 30- 45 minutes.