Healthy Beef Barley Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra virgin
• 1 1/2 lbs sirloin, bottom roast, certified angus beef brand
• 4 cups water
• 2 cups low sodium beef broth
• 2 cups celery, sliced
• 2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 1 cup carrot, sliced
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon rosemary, fresh chopped or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 cup quick-cooking barley (or regular barley, precooked)

Recipe

• 1 trim fat from meat, cut meat into 1/2-inch cubes.
• 2 in a dutch-oven sear meat in batches in olive oil; set aside.
• 3 add water, broth, celery, mushrooms, carrots, onion, salt, rosemary, pepper, and garlic to the dutch oven and bring to boiling, reduce heat.
• 4 return meat to the pan.
• 5 cover and simmer 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until meat is tender, if necessary, skim fat.
• 6 stir in tomato paste and barley. return to boiling; reduce heat. cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until barley is done.