🥩🥣 Beef Barley Soup

🥩🥣 Beef Barley Soup

A hearty and comforting soup full of tender beef, vegetables, and barley. Perfect for cold days!

📝 Ingredients

• 1 lb (450 g) beef stew meat, cut into small cubes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ¾ cup pearl barley
• 6 cups beef broth
• 1 cup diced tomatoes (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (for garnish)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Serve
Remove the bay leaf and sprinkle with fresh parsley before serving.A hearty and comforting soup full of tender beef, vegetables, and barley. Perfect for cold days!

Brown the beef
Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the beef cubes and cook until browned.

Cook the vegetables
Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook for about 5 minutes until slightly soft.

Add the barley and broth
Stir in the pearl barley, beef broth, tomatoes, thyme, salt, pepper, and bay leaf.

Simmer
Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 45–60 minutes until the barley is tender and the beef is soft.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 lb (450 g) beef stew meat, cut into small cubes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• ¾ cup pearl barley
• 6 cups beef broth
• 1 cup diced tomatoes (optional)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley (for garnish)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. Brown the beef
   Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the beef cubes and cook until browned.
2. Cook the vegetables
   Add onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Cook for about 5 minutes until slightly soft.
3. Add the barley and broth
   Stir in the pearl barley, beef broth, tomatoes, thyme, salt, pepper, and bay leaf.
4. Simmer
   Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 45–60 minutes until the barley is tender and the beef is soft.
5. Serve
   Remove the bay leaf and sprinkle with fresh parsley before serving.