Vegetable Beef, Barley and Mushroom Soup
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If you have followed me for very long, you will know that it’s no secret that I am a huge fan of soup. I could seriously eat it EVERY day. Some weeks, I do! This is a quality that (most) of my children share. This bowlful of Vegetable Beef, Barley & Mushroom Soup treated our bellies kindly when fall officially hit our neck of the woods a couple of weeks ago.
I recently picked up a freebie magazine that has many dietary tips and recipes in it from our local HyVee store. This recipe was one that was featured. I didn’t change much about it, just small tweaks here and there, and it had a great flavor. My ONLY note about it is this. If you are NOT a fan of thyme, you may choose to omit it. It isn’t one of my favorite spices, and I even cut the portion down and it still was a tad over powering for our taste. If you are a fan, by all means, keep it! Seems that most stews and vegetable soups call for thyme.
Not sure why my family isn’t a fan, but I guess we can’t like everything. right?
I giggle to myself when I remember a stew I made last winter and my oldest son said as he was eating, “Mom, you can really taste all of the thyme you put into this dinner!” I know where he gets his sarcasm, so I can appreciate it.
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Vegetable Beef, Barley and Mushroom Soup
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound baby bella mushrooms sliced
- 1/2 pound white mushrooms sliced
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 pounds beef stew meat
- olive oil
- 1 cup shallots chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups carrots sliced (I love using the carrot chips or coins)
- 1 1/2 cups celery chopped
- 1/2 - 1 Tablespoon thyme if you aren't a fan, omit this step
- 7 cups beef broth
- 5 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups quick barley
- 3 Tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- **You can partially make this and put it in your crock pot, or just make it on the stove. Either way it starts out the same! **
- In a stock pot over medium heat, add about 2-3 Tablespoons of olive oil to heat.
- In a bowl combine flour with about 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, toss meat in the flour and place in the stock pot to brown in oil. Stir occasionally until well browned. Remove meat from pot, set aside.
- Add about 2 Tablespoons of olive oil to pot, and throw in your shallots and garlic. Saute until tender. (about 5 minutes)
- *** at this point you can do the rest in your crock pot by adding all of this and the remaining ingredients to the crock pot and cooking on low for about 6-7 hours. ***
- If cooking on the stove, add the mushrooms, carrots and celery to pot and stir in remaining seasonings.
- Add to the pot the broth, water, tomato paste and barley.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice.
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This sounds amazing… especially on a cold and rainy day like today! Thank you for sharing! I’ll be sure to pin this 🙂
Terrific recipe here and so beautifully presented. Would love a bowl of this right now!
I am loving everything about your latest soup! Even though I live in Florida where it it is still quite warm, I could go for a steaming bowl right now!
This soup looks so hearty and inviting.
What delicious bowl of soup! It looks so hearty and warming! Just lovely!
What a delicious looking soup! I love that it’s so hearty…it’s just perfect for chilly nights! We will definitely be making it! Pinning and sharing!
I’ll be pinning this Beef Soup for sure. I love all the herbs, spices and flavors you’ve chosen! YUM! I hope you’ll bring it by #theWeekendSocial linky. WE’re live through Sunday 9:00 PM EST. http://thekitchenchopper.com/indexBlog.php/theweekendsocial-43-recipe-diy-crafts-linky-and-not-so-scary-halloween-movies/
I LOVE this soup recipe AND photos! Thank you so much for letting me include it in my RocketCityMom post!!!!
Your recipe is wonderful. I’m not a soup fan but when I do make soup, most often it is a beef barley or a mushroom/veggie barley soup. Grampy will love the vegetable beef barley soup now that the weather is changing. Pinned/shared.
Thank you for the nice soup recipes.
Liz, Thank you for stopping by!! Hope you will often! 🙂