Crock Pot Beef Barley Mushroom Soup Food

BEEF MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat; add 2 tablespoons of the oil. Season the meat generously with salt and pepper. Sear the meat on all sides until well browned; this will take about 15 minutes. Set the meat aside and wipe the pan out with a paper towel. Lower the heat to medium, add the oil to the pan. Add the carrot, onion, and celery to the pan and saute until tender, about 10 minutes. Return the meat to the pan with the water. Bring to a boil, adjust the heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover, and cook for 1 1/2 hours or until the meat is just tender. Add the thyme, barley, and tomato, continue to simmer the soup, covered, for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saute pan, heat the butter over medium-high heat, add the mushrooms and saute until golden, about 10 minutes. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper to taste, and add them to the soup, and simmer for 15 minutes more. Remove the meat from the soup; cut the meat from the bone and dice. Skim any fat from the surface of the soup with a ladle or large spoon. Return the meat to the soup with the parsley. Season the soup with salt and pepper to taste. Serve in warm bowls.

CROCK POT BEEF BARLEY MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine dried mushrooms with hot water, let stand 30 minutes. Strain through a sieve lined with paper towel, reserving liquid. Remove stems. Pat dry and chop finely. Set mushrooms and liquid aside, separately.
• In a skillet, heat oil over medium heat for 30 seconds. Add beef, celery, onion and reserved mushrooms; cook, stirring for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low, cover and cook until vegetables are softened, about 8 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, pepper and five spice; cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add fresh mushrooms and barley; toss to coat. Add stock and reserved mushroom liquid; bring to a boil over high heat. Transfer to slow cooker stoneware.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours, until barley is tender. Stir in soy sauce.
• Ladle into bowls and garnish with green onions.

SLOW-COOKER BEEF AND BARLEY

Steps:

• Combine the beef, barley, mushrooms, celery, carrots, leeks, thyme, beef broth and soy sauce in a slow cooker. Add 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Cover and cook on low, undisturbed, 8 hours. Uncover and skim off any excess fat. Transfer the beef to a cutting board, let cool slightly and slice or shred by hand into bite-size pieces. Thin the vegetable-barley mixture in the slow cooker with some water, if desired. Divide among shallow bowls and top with the beef. Serve with horseradish, if desired.
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BEEF MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Cook beef stew meat in a large skillet over medium heat until completely browned, 5 to 7 minutes; transfer to a large soup pot.
• Heat vegetable oil in the same skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and carrot in the hot oil until the onions are tender, about 5 minutes. Add the vegetable mixture to the beef in the pot.
• Pour beef stock into the pot.
• Stir pearl barley into the stock.
• Place soup over medium-low heat, bring to a simmer, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the beef is completely tender, about 2 hours.
• Stir mushrooms through the soup; cook 1 hour more.

MUSHROOM AND BARLEY SOUP (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place the dried mushrooms in a heatproof measuring cup and cover with hot water. Let sit until softened. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup of the liquid. Slice mushrooms. Set aside.
• In a small skillet heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrot and celery and cook until softened (5 minutes).
• Transfer vegetables to crock pot and add barley, both kinds of mushrooms, broth, reserved mushroom soaking liquid, thyme and salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• Serve garnished with chives.

CROCK POT BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In crock pot, combine stew beef with onion, celery, carrots, barley, bay leaf, salt (decrease salt if beef stock is salty, or add later), pepper, and beef stock.
• Cook beef and barley soup on LOW in crock pot for 6 to 8 hours, stirring occasionally.

INSTANT POT BEEF BARLEY AND MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Season the stewing beef with salt and pepper. Using the "saute" function on the Instant Pot, add one tablespoon of olive oil and brown beef on all sides (you may need to do this in batches). Remove the beef and set aside.
• Pour another tablespoon of olive oil into the Instant Pot and add the onion, stirring until soft and starts to brown, about 2-3 minutes.
• Add in the garlic and mushrooms and saute for 3-4 minutes, until the mushrooms are tender and brown and most of the liquid from the mushrooms evaporate.
• Add 2 tablespoons of beef broth to deglaze the pot, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pot to remove/dissolve the brown bits. Pour in the balsamic vinegar and stir to mix in.
• Add back in the beef along with the rest of the ingredients (potatoes, carrots, celery, barley, herbs, remaining broth, and water). Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Give the ingredients a good stir to distribute throughout the vessel *(see first note). Press "cancel" to turn off the Instant Pot.
• Seal the Instant Pot and cook at high pressure ("manual"/"pressure cook" function) for 25 minutes. After the stew is ready, allow natural pressure release for at least 15 minutes before quick pressure release to completely depressurize (until floating valve drops).
• Open the Instant Pot and give the soup another stir. Taste for additional salt and pepper and top with fresh basil if you like. Best served hot.

SLOW COOKER BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a skillet over medium heat, saute the beef in the oil for 5 minutes, or until browned. Stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder and place seasoned meat in a slow cooker. Add a little water to the skillet and stir to pick up the browned bits. Add to the slow cooker.
• Add the broth, water, celery, carrots, green onions, parsley and barley. Cover and cook on low setting for 6 to 8 hours, or until the vegetables and barley are tender. Add the thyme just before serving.

CROCK POT BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Start with about 1 pound of chuck roast. Trim and cut into bite-size pieces. Store-bought stew meat will be fine also.
• Optional browning: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add the beef to brown for about 5 minutes. Add 1-2 cloves of crushed garlic for the last minute of browning.
• Dice 2 ribs of celery, 1 medium potato, 1 1/2 carrots, and one medium onion. Add to a 3 1/2 quart or larger crock pot.
• Add 3 tablespoons tomato paste, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and 1/2 cup uncooked rinsed barley. Finally, add 4-5 cups beef broth.
• Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.

CROCK POT BEEF BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Layer in crock pot.
• Vegetables and meat.
• Barley, beef broth, and spices.
• Cover with water.
• DO NOT STIR.
• Cook on low 10 hours; high 6 hours, or combination of above.

KELLY'S SLOW COOKER BEEF, MUSHROOM, AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Stir beef stock, tomato sauce, water, onion, carrot, barley, mushrooms, and garlic together in a slow cooker.
• Season beef chunks with garlic salt, salt, and black pepper; add to the beef stock mixture. Add bay leaves to the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low until the soup thickens and the beef is tender, about 6 hours.
• Remove and discard the bay leaves to serve.

CROCK POT BEEF BARLEY & MUSHROOM SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except the dill in a large slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low for 7 to 9 hours or until beef and vegetables are tender.
• Ladle into soup bowls and sprinkle with dill.