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Beef & Barley Soup

Here's how you make Beef & Barley Soup
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  • Servings: 5
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 2h
    • The following recipe serves 5 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound lean ground beef (can increase to 1 1/2 pounds)
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, minced (the more the better!)
  • 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (optional or adjust to heat level)
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (optional or to taste)
  • 2/3 cup pearl barley (rinsed with cold water, a little more won’t hurt)
  • 4 carrots (peeled and finely chopped)
  • 2 celery ribs, diced
  • 3 cans (10 1/2 ounce each) beef consomme, undiluted
  • 1 cup water (or can use four cans consomme)
  • 1 can (10 1/2 ounce) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
  • 1 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce (optional)
  • 1 large bay leaf
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste (I use seasoned salt)
  • 1/2 fresh ground black pepper, or to taste
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: In a large Dutch oven, brown the ground beef with onion, garlic, chili flakes and thyme until meat is no longer pink; drain fat then continue to cook until the meat is browned (this may take about 10-12 minutes, the meat should be browned (I usually add in 2 tablespoon of oil to speed up the browning).

  • Step 2: Add all remaining ingredients to pot.

  • Step 3: Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours seasoning with more salt and pepper about halfway through cooking time.

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