Soup: Beef Barley

By fsilver4

Ingredients

• 2 lb oxtails
• 2 cups chopped leeks
• 1 cup chopped celery, about 2 stalks
• 2 cups chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped onions
• 2 cloves minced garlic
• 2 sprigs thyme tied together
• 3 bay leaves
• 10 cups beef broth
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup barley cooked in 4 cups water for 30 minutes

Preparation

Step 1

In a heavy soup pan, brown the oxtails in olive oil. Remove. Add celery onion and carrots and leeks and garlic to the pot and cook for about 10 minutes.

Add thyme, bay leaves and oxtails on top of vegetables.
Add beef broth and salt and pepper and simmer covered for 1 hours.

Prepare barley by boiling in water for 30h minutes.

Take out thyme and bay leaves and add barley to pot. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes, then take out the oxtails.

Turn off the heat and the soup is ready.