Beef and Barley Stew

By Food Ninja

Slow cooker beef stew recipe with barley, tomatoes and vegetables for a hearty entree.

Ingredients

• PAM spray
• 3-1/2 cups low sodium beef broth
• 1 can (14.5 oz ea) Hunts diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 can (6 oz ea) Hunts tomato paste
• 1/2 tsp onion salt
• 1 lb cubed beef stew meat
• 1 cup sliced carots
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 3/4 cup quick cook barley uncooked
• 1/4 tsp granulated sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Spray inside of 4 qt slow cooker with spray. Combine broth, undrained tomatoes, tomato paste and onion salt in slow cooker. Add stew meat, carrots and celery to slow cooker.
Cover, cook on low 7 hours or high 3-1/2 hours. Stir in barley and sugar; cover and cook on high 30 minutes more until barley is tender.