{"id":14610,"date":"2017-02-14T18:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T22:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/?p=14610"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T16:26:03","slug":"beef-vegetable-barley-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slimmingeats.com\/blog\/beef-vegetable-barley-soup","title":{"rendered":"Beef Vegetable Barley Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Beef Vegetable Pearl Barley - It's a comforting hug in a bowl, packed with tender beef, chewy barley, and colourful veggies. Perfect for chilly days or a soul-soothing meal after a long day. Let's dig in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recently, I had this brilliant idea for a soup-making day with my neighbour, who also happens to be a good friend. You might be wondering what exactly this entails, but let me tell you, it's pretty clever. The concept is simple: you team up with a friend, each pick two soups you want to make, head out together to buy the ingredients, and then spend the day - or half a day, thanks to my Instant Pot - cooking up a storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once all the soups are done, you divide them up, leaving both of you with four different soups to freeze for later. It's perfect for batch cooking, especially if you're not a fan of doing it solo. Plus, you get to take breaks for a cuppa, savour a bowl of soup, and enjoy a good chat and laugh while chopping ingredients. It's a wonderful way to spend time together, with one person stirring and cooking while the other preps. It's teamwork at its finest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the soups we chose to make was this delicious Beef and Barley Soup. My kids absolutely loved this Beef Vegetable Barley Soup, but then they love this Irish Beef Stew<\/a><\/strong> recipe, so I knew it would be a hit. Soups are great meals for fussy eaters; my kids have quite an aversion to certain vegetables, but in a soup, they will oddly eat anything. So, if you really struggle with speed foods, I know there are some out there who really do not like many vegetables at all. Just make plenty of different soups until you find one you love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the cooking session, it was so awesome seeing all the different tubs of soup we had. I plan to do this regularly with other friends too. Next time, we are thinking we could do some curries and chilli type recipes, anything that is great for batch cooking and freezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you're using pasta in your soup, remember it will expand and soften upon reheating. To maintain an al dente texture, add the pasta when heating the soup or opt for pasta-free soups. Personally, I don't mind softer pasta; I just adjust with a bit more stock when reheating, yielding more soup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be mindful of the pearl barley's cooking instructions. I used a 10-minute pearl barley, which cooks faster. If using regular pearl barley, adjust cooking time accordingly. Feel free to adapt the recipe based on available ingredients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I cooked this Beef Vegetable Barley Soup in my Instant Pot<\/a><\/strong> for speed, but it can also be made on the stove. Don't have an Instant Pot? It's a versatile 7-in-1 cooker available on Amazon, offering various cooking methods from slow cooking to pressure cooking. It's perfect for batch cooking, reducing cooking time significantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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