Beef and Barley Soup

Beef and barley soup recipe is a collagen-rich, hearty mixture of beef, barley, and veggies. This is the perfect comfort meal for the cold.

Course Soup, Soup or Stew

Cuisine American

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Servings

Calories 537kcal

Equipment

Large Stock Pot
Saucepan

Ingredients

1 lb Beef cut into 2 inch chunks
1 lb Beef Bones I'm using Beef ribs
1 cup barley
2 cups water for boiling
3 leeks washed and chopped into thin slices
3 tbsp oil
3 large carrots Diced into 1 inch chunks
2 large potatoes Diced into 1 inch chunks
1/2 cup celery chopped into 1 inch chunks
1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves removed from stem
2 corn on the cob cut into 1 inch pieces
8 cups beef broth or water and an additional 4 cups of water
6 cloves garlic chopped
2 wiri wiri peppers or other hot pepper whole
1 tsp salt
1 tbsp brown sugar
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper

Instructions

Soak barley in 2 cups of boiling water and set aside.
In a large stock pot on medium heat, sauté leeks in oil, until leeks are soft and brown. Add a pinch of salt to help bring out the flavor.
Season beef bones with a pinch of salt and fresh ground black pepper then, add to leeks and continue to sauté, stirring once or twice until bones are brown.
Season beef with a pinch of salt and fresh ground black pepper, then add to stock pot.
Continue to sauté for about 3 minutes.
Drain water from the barley and add to the leeks, bones and beef. Then add, corn, carrots, potatoes, celery, garlic, thyme, wiri wiri pepper, beef stock and brown sugar.
Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Once boiling reduce heat to medium and continue to cook until the barley is fully cooked. You may need to add about 4 cups of water along the way if the soup becomes too quick before the barley cooks.
Once the barley is fully cooked and soft, remove from heat and serve hot.

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