Easy Vegetable Beef Barley Soup in the Slow Cooker
Slow Cooked Vegetable Beef Barley Soup
Whenever we make a pot roast or prime rib, we have leftovers. We are always looking for recipes to make from the leftovers. Making vegetable beef barley soup is one of the meals we make from the extra.
We have found that we can make enough to eat now and then put the rest of freezer containers to eat at a later date.
Slow Cooked Beef Barley Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped beef roast or prime rib
- 1 can beef broth
- 3 cups water
- 2/3 cup barley
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced onions
- 2 potatoes chopped into 1/2" or smaller cubes
- 1 tablespoons parsley
- 1 12 ounce bag frozen veggies
- 2 teaspoon corn starch
- 2 bay leaves
Instructions
- Add the veggies, spices, potatoes.
- Mix the corn starch to the barley and add to the crock pot.
- Add the broth, meat and water.
- Make sure the meat is chopped fine bite-size pieces.
- Turn the slow cooker on to low and cook for 4-6 hours, until the barley is soft.
- Once the barley is soft and the veggies are soft, you can serve your vegetable beef barley soup with crackers.
- Allow to cool before putting into freezer containers. Don’t forget to date and label!
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You will want to make sure to add enough water into the soup. The barley absorbs a lot of the liquid. We added 2 cups and found we needed another cup. You can add more broth instead, but it is salty, so depending on your taste preference, either are an option.
Use your favorite frozen veggies or if you have leftover veggies, they are perfect too. I’ve not found many veggies that come with frozen potatoes, which is why we add some chopped potatoes in too (leftover baked and peeled are the best!)
What Do I Need to Make Soup?
- chopped beef (roast or prime rib)
- beef broth
- water
- barley
- black pepper
- minced onions
- chopped potatoes
- parsley
- frozen veggies
- corn starch
- bay leaves
Do I Need to Cook the Barley First?
You do not need to cook the barley before adding it into the slow cooker. The barley will absorb some of the liquid in the crock pot and cook and expand with the rest of the ingredients.
What Vegetables Go into Barley Soup?
Short answer, whatever ones you like to eat. We use frozen vegetables or left over vegetables from dinner. Typically, this is made with corn, peas, carrots and green beans.
