Traditional Beef and Barley Soup Recipe


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Warm-up during those cold winter months with this delicious and easy to make traditional beef and barley soup recipe. Beef and …

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  1. Irene K
    Irene K says:

    I use parsley roots instead of parsnips (parsnips taste sweet when cooked) and kohlrabi instead of turnip. Celery root doesn't hurt either. Nice marbled chunks of meat from beef shank is also a great addition or substitute to beef scraps stew meat.

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  2. Christena Scott
    Christena Scott says:

    Marley is used on the ranch to feed the cattle. But this looks interesting enough I might make a smaller batch of it. I’ve never eaten barley and I’m not sure I like it so I don’t wanna make a big humongous pot like you did. But I’ll give it a try, if nothing else and I don’t like it we have pigs! Thank you that was very interesting

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  3. Luminya M
    Luminya M says:

    I just can't say how much my cooking improved when I started giving onions to caramelize well. What a huge and amazing difference. Wonderful video, thank you.

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  4. Deathclaw Jedi
    Deathclaw Jedi says:

    better than Soup? You may think I am splitting hairs but I'd say a bowl of Chicken and Sausage Gumbo. Many would say gumbo is soup. My Cajun aunt and her grandpap rest his soul would fervently disagree. But yeah hot soup is damn good at heating up a body on a cold day! Dang fine recipe you got there! 👍

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  5. DC
    DC says:

    Gosh, Chef!!! You're officially one of my favorite chefs! And I don't give compliments to many chefs 🙂
    Keep on doing your great work, Chef Billy!! I love all the tips that you are sharing with us whilst cooking. It's so enriching!!! THANK YOU!!

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  6. Jen Joy
    Jen Joy says:

    Saw this recipe on FB the other day. Perfect timing for cold wintery snow days here in the Lower Midwest. Soup is my thing. I used a chuck roast and all other ingredients except I didn’t have a turnip. Also beef bone broth and reg beef broth plus water. It was very rich tasting and oh so comforting. The pièce de résistance was caramelizing the onions and the leeks. Don’t shortcut on that one. Growing up we had veg beef soup with barley but also used canned tomatoes. I might add next time b/c it reminds me of mom’s soup and some tomato flavoring is excellent. She’s been gone almost 40 years.

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  7. Jen Joy
    Jen Joy says:

    Saw this recipe on FB the other day. Perfect timing for cold wintery snow days here in the Lower Midwest. Soup is my thing. I used a chuck roast and all other ingredients except I didn’t have a turnip. Also beef bone broth and reg beef broth plus water. It was very rich tasting and oh so comforting. The pièce de résistance was caramelizing the onions and the leeks. Don’t shortcut on that one. Growing up we had veg beef soup with barley but also used canned tomatoes. I might add next time b/c it reminds me of mom’s soup and some tomato flavoring is excellent. She’s been gone almost 40 years.

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  8. Julie Maiers
    Julie Maiers says:

    I just subscribed to your channel because I love the explanation that you gave during this video especially carnalizing the onion for enhanced flavor (which I never knew) and adding the fresh herbs at the end. Great Information!

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  9. Priscilla Nygaard
    Priscilla Nygaard says:

    This was such a great soup/stew. Loved using the bacon fat to caramelize the onions (I forgot the leeks!!! rats!!). The parsnips are gorgeous… so mild but delicious… I used 1 1/2 parsnips…next time I’m using 2!…yum! At 35 min my barley was tender but sticky, left it all going a little longer. Really for me the stars were the parsnips and the rutabaga. Thanks!!

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  10. David U
    David U says:

    Don't fall into the trap, as I just did…again. First, this is a tasty recipe so props for that. In the end the barley drags this downhill. 2 cups of uncooked barley is waaay too much for three quarts of liquid. You will end up with a thick stew and not a rich soup. Barley grows to four times its dry form. Instead, use 1/2 to 3/4 cup unless you want something so thick you can stand a spoon in the bowl. Buyers remorse? Well, maybe. Just don't make this mistake as I did.

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  11. Ciria Hinojosa
    Ciria Hinojosa says:

    Just found your channel i am actually dojng a bit of a different take on this stew tonight but next time i make it i will be using your method. It looks delicious i just subed to your channel so im looking forward to watching some other videos thank you <3

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