Beef Barley Soup

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 -2 1/2 lbs chuck roast
• 2 cups tomatoes or 2 cups v8 vegetable juice
• 1 celery rib, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, diced
• no-salt-added beef broth
• 1 cup quick-cooking barley
• salt & pepper
• 2 bay leaves

Recipe

• 1 in large saucepan, place meat, tomato juice, celery, carrots, salt and pepper to taste and bay leaves. add beef stock to cover.
• 2 cook until meat is soft and tender, approximately an hour.
• 3 remove meat. cut into small pieces and return to pot.
• 4 add barley. cook 15-30 minutes more, or until barley is tender.