Beef and Barley Soup

By Dianne_H

Ingredients

• 3/4 beef stew meat diced into 1/4 inch pieces
• 1/3 cup pearl or pot barley
• 14 oz canned tomatoes with juice, broken up
• 1 tsp liquid gravy browner
• 7 cups water
• 1 cup finely shredded cabbage
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced carrots
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 1 tbsp beef bouillion powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/5 tsp pepper
• 1/2 tsp parsley flakes
• 1/2 tsp dried sweet basil

Preparation

Step 1

Combine beef, barley, tomatoes with juice, gravy browner and water in large pot or Dutch oven. Simmer, uncovered for 1 hour. Skim off foam as needed. Add remaining 10 ingredients. Stir. Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 40 minutes.