Beef Barley Soup is a delectable combination of beef, carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes, corn, and barley in a deliciously seasoned beef broth. This delicious soup can be made quickly with stew meat or simmered low and slow with a chuck roast.
My husband and son are crazy about this Beef and Barley soup! They can not get enough of it!
I love soup. The cool days of Autumn are beginning to move in, and there is just something wonderful and comforting about a nice big stockpot full of soup. Albeit if you are a little crazy like me, soup is good any time of the year. This Beef Barley Soup will become one of your family’s favorites. I have used both beef chuck roast (my preferred way) and stew meat. Both are delicious, albeit a little different in the end result. You will surely love the combination of beef, carrots, celery, onions, tomatoes, corn, and barley in a deliciously seasoned beef broth. How can you argue with a scrumptious, nutritious bowl of absolute goodness?
WHAT IS BARLEY AND WHERE CAN I FIND IT?
So you ask, what is barley? Barley is a wonderfully versatile cereal grain with a rich nut-like flavor and an appealing chewy, pasta-like consistency. In fact, if you did not know better, you would swear it was pasta. In most grocery stores, it is in the soup aisle and is packed in a box about the same size as a pasta box. It simmers and swells just like pasta does in soup. There are two kinds, Medium Barley and Quick Barley. Medium Barley cooks in about forty-five minutes, and Quick Barley cooks in about twelve minutes. I use the medium version with the chuck roast when things are more leisurely. I use the quick version with the stew meat when pressed for time.