Beef Mushroom Barley Soup

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into small pieces
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 7 1/2 cups beef stock
• 8 ounces pearl barley
• 1 pound mushrooms, sliced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs 10 mins

Ready Time: 3 hrs 25 mins


• cook beef stew meat in a large skillet over medium heat until completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes; transfer to a large soup pot.
• heat vegetable oil in the same skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and carrot in the hot oil until the onions are tender, about 5 minutes. add the vegetable mixture to the beef in the pot.
• pour beef stock into the pot.
• stir pearl barley into the stock.
• place soup over medium-low heat, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the beef is completely tender, about 2 hours.
• stir mushrooms through the soup; cook 1 hour more.