Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Barley Soup · Beef Barley Soup
One of 21 beef barley soup recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
10 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 21.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 212% | 212% |
| vegetables and beans | 58% | 47% |
| aromatics | 42% | 34% |
| fat | 3% | 3% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon oil |
| 454 g | 1 pound beef cut into cubes (I used chuck roast) |
| 150 g | 1 diced onion |
| 214 g | 3-4 diced carrots |
| 80 g | 2 ribs chopped celery |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons minced garlic |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons salt |
| 2 g | 1 teaspoon dried thyme |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 1200 g | 5 cups low sodium beef broth |
| 3/4 cup pearl or pot barley (rinsed) | |
| 49 g | 3 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves |
| fresh parsley (for garnish) |
Method: 5 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“OMG... this is the soup to end all soups. My father made this when we were kids and we'd eat it 4-5 days straight for dinner. From age 16 until mid 60s I'd not had this. An ill friend's mom asked if I could try making her some. Off to Recipe Critic I went. TO ” — a cook, 5.0★
“Just made this tonight in the instant pot. The seasonings were perfect. Here is what I did: Turn the instant pot to sauté. When it becomes hot add oil and follow steps 1 through 4 as directed. Press cancel and add everything else to the pot and stir. Place ” — a cook, 5.0★