Beef and Barley Soup | mindfulliving

Beef & Barley Soup

Ingredients:

2 lbs of chuck stew meat, cubed

3 med carrots, sliced

1 onion, chopped

3-4 stalks of celery, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, minced

scant 1/2 cup uncooked pearl barley

14 oz can diced tomatoes

5 1/2 cups beef broth

1 cup frozen peas

2/3 cup frozen corn

Instructions:

Remove sinew and excess fat from beef, pat dry and sear in a hot pan.
In the same pan, sweat out onion, celery, carrots and garlic.
Deglaze with a little of the broth and put into crock pot with all ingredients except peas and corn.
Cook on low for 8 to 9 hours
Add peas and corn in the last 30 minutes.