Beef And Barley Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 -3 lbs beef bones with marrow
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 10 cups water
• 6 tablespoons of dry beef base (to taste)
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1 1/2 cups chopped onions
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2 cups mixed small cubed vegetables (carrot, corn, beans, turnips etc.)
• 2 cups small cubed potatoes
• 1 (14 ounce) can heinz alphaghetti, pasta alphabets in tomato sauce

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in stockpot.
• 2 add soup bones.
• 3 cook until browned on all sides.
• 4 add water and garlic.
• 5 simmer on med/low for 1 - 1.5 hours.
• 6 remove soup bones from stock, reserve stock.
• 7 cool soup bones and remove meat.
• 8 strain stock.
• 9 return stock and meat to stockpot.
• 10 if more water is needed add now to equal approximately 10 cups.
• 11 add beef soup base and barley, simmer on med. until barley is almost tender (20 mins.).
• 12 add remaining vegetables.
• 13 simmer, covered, until tender.
• 14 remove from heat and stir in can of heinz alpha getti.
• 15 note: to shorten prep. time can use left over beef roast and gravy.
• 16 opt: can add 2 cups stewed tomatoes when you add remaining vegetables.