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This vegetable beef barley soup recipe is an easy but slow cooker beef and barley soup recipe.
This beef vegetable soup recipe is both hearty and filling and can make a meal on its own. This is one of the vegetable beef soup recipes which can be cooked in 2 ways: cook slowly for a long time on the hob to tenderise the ingredients or put the meat and water into a pressure cooker, bring to the boil and skim the surface. Add the remaining ingredients, put on the lid, bring to high (15 lb) pressure and cook under pressure for 25 minutes. If you make this vegetable beef barley soup the day before needed, the soup can be allowed to cool so the layer of fat can be removed from the top and calories reduced.
Good Source of: Vitamin A, Vitamin B-12, Vitamin B-6, Iron, Niacin, Phosphorus, Selenium, Zinc
4 Servings (as a meal)
Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: on a hob – 2 hours; in a pressure cooker 30 min.
Ingredients
700 g (1 ½ lb) beef trimmed from fat and cut into pieces
1 medium carrot, peeled and chopped
3 celery stalks, trimmed and chopped
1 medium onion, skinned and chopped
2 medium leeks, trimmed and chopped
45 ml (3 tablespoons) pearl barley
If you like it spicy: 1 chilli pepper seeded and chopped and 3 cloves of garlic peeled and chopped
Salt and pepper
Fresh parsley to garnish
Cooking Instruction:
1. Put meat in the saucepan, cover with 2.3 litres (4 pints) water, season to taste and bring slowly to the boil, skim the surface. Cover and simmer for 1 ½ hours.
2. Add the vegetables and barley. Continue to simmer, cover until vegetables and barley are cooked. Add chillies and garlic at the end. Skim off the fat and serve the soup hot, garnished with chopped parsley.
Beef Barley Soup Nutrition Facts
Nutritional information
Nutrition Facts
4 Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 263
Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 8g
12%
Saturated Fat 3g
15%
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5g
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 88g
29%
Sodium 252mg
11%
Potassium 581mg
12%
Total Carbohydrate 15g
5%
Dietary Fiber 3g
12%
Sugars 2g
Protein 32g
Vitamin A
44%
Vitamin B-12
47%
Vitamin B-6
29%
Vitamin C
11%
Vitamin D
0%
Vitamin E
1.5%
Calcium
5.3%
Copper
10.8%
Folate
9.1%
Iron
25%
Magnesium
12%
Manganese
14%
Niacin
25%
Pantothenic Acid
5%
Phosphorus
27%
Riboflavin
19%
Selenium
50%
Thiamin
12%
Zinc
45%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
The information provided here is approximate and does not include: possible substitutions, optional ingredients and ingredients to taste. How did we calculate it? Read more: Nutritional Value of Food and Recipes Guidelines
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