Beef Mushroom Barley Soup

Starting with stew meat, onion, celery, and carrot, this recipe yields a beef, mushroom, and barley soup sure to become a family favorite.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 3 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 554 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 carrots, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 pound mushrooms, sliced
• 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into small pieces
• 8 ounces pearl barley
• 1.5 onion, chopped
• 7.5 cups beef stock

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook beef stew meat in a large skillet over medium heat until completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes; transfer to a large soup pot.

Step 2

Heat vegetable oil in the same skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and carrot in the hot oil until the onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the vegetable mixture to the beef in the pot.

Step 3

Pour beef stock into the pot.

Step 4

Stir pearl barley into the stock.

Step 5

Place soup over medium-low heat, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the beef is completely tender, about 2 hours.

Step 6

Stir mushrooms through the soup; cook 1 hour more.