Vegetable Beef Barley Soup Recipe
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This Beef Barley Soup recipe is rich, hearty, satisfying comfort food with huge flavor and minimal effort! It’s loaded with buttery beef, onions, carrots, potatoes, celery and perfectly textured barley in a rich, flavorful beef broth. This Beef and Barley Soup is the perfect make-ahead dinner, reheats beautifully and freezes well too! It is an old comforting classic waiting to become a new family favorite!
Ingredients
Instructions
Chop beef into bite size pieces. While beef is still on the cutting board, toss it with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add half of the beef to the very hot skillet and let cook undisturbed for approximately 2 minutes, or until nicely seared on one side; flip beef over and sear the other side then continue to cook while stirring until beef is browned all over but not cooked through. Remove beef to 6-quart (or larger) slow cooker. Repeat with remaining beef.
Add all of the remaining ingredients to the slow cooker and give them a stir.
Cook on HIGH for 4-6 hours or on LOW for 8-10 hours or until vegetables are tender and beef is melt-in-your-mouth tender. Discard bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
