Beef, Barley And Dried Mushroom Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 red onion, diced
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1/2 cup diced carrot
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup dried funghi porcini, stems discarded
• 1/4 cup dried shiitake mushroom, stems discarded
• 1 lb beef, cubed
• 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 chipotle chile in adobo, diced
• 6 cups water, if possible bottled or filtered
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon beef base
• 3 ounces tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• 1/2 cup barley

Recipe

• 1 soak mushrooms in hot water to cover set aside.
• 2 in a large heavy bottom pot heat oil and saute onions, garlic, celery and carrots to slightly wilted.
• 3 season beef cubes generously with salt and pepper then add to onion mixture to brown.
• 4 remove mushrooms and rough cut reserve the strained liquid.
• 5 add ground meat, chipotle pepper, and chopped mushrooms to pot and brown.
• 6 add to the 6 cups of water strained liquid from mushrooms, worcestershire sauce, beef base, and tomato paste stir to blend and add to pot along with the oregano and bay leaves.
• 7 bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes.
• 8 add barley and simmer an hour.
• 9 taste and season with salt and pepper if needed.