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Beef Barley Soup
This slow cooker beef barley soup only takes 10 minutes to prepare and is loaded with tender beef, veggies and barley. Beef and barley soup is a healthy & hearty meal your whole family will love.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 6 hr
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt (plus more to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ cup barley
- 2 pounds beef stew meat (cut into 1-inch cubes)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 4 carrots (sliced (1 heaping cup))
- 3 stalks celery (sliced (1 heaping cup))
- 2 bay leaves
- Fresh parsley for serving
Instructions
- 1
In the container of a slow cooker, whisk together beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic, paprika, salt, pepper, and barley.
- 2
Add beef, onion, carrots, celery and barley and stir to combine.
- 3
Gently stir in bay leaves.
- 4
Cook on low for 7-8 hours (preferred) or high for 4 hours, or until beef is tender and barley is cooked.
- 5
Remove the two bay leaves and serve warm with fresh parsley.