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Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on October 28, 2011

Yield

Serves 6 to 8

Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms

Ingredients

2 teaspoons vegetable oil 1 large carrot, chopped10 ounces button mushrooms, sliced6 cups gravy from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe (see headnote)2 quarts water â…” cup pearl barley 3 cups meat from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe, shredded

Before You Begin

Leftover gravy from the Country-Style Pot Roast recipe creates an intensely flavored broth for this soup.

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add carrot and mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, until liquid that mushrooms release evaporates, about 4 minutes.
  2. Add gravy, water, and barley. Increase heat to high and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Stir in shredded meat and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve.
Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms

Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms

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Yield

Serves 6 to 8

Ingredients

2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 large carrot, chopped
10 ounces button mushrooms, sliced
6 cups gravy from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe (see headnote)
2 quarts water
â…” cup pearl barley
3 cups meat from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe, shredded

Ingredients

2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 large carrot, chopped
10 ounces button mushrooms, sliced
6 cups gravy from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe (see headnote)
2 quarts water
â…” cup pearl barley
3 cups meat from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe, shredded

Ingredients

2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 large carrot, chopped
10 ounces button mushrooms, sliced
6 cups gravy from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe (see headnote)
2 quarts water
â…” cup pearl barley
3 cups meat from Country-Style Pot Roast recipe, shredded

Why This Recipe Works

Beef barley soup recipes benefit from leftover meat and gravy from our Country-Style Pot Roast with Gravy recipe. Thinning the gravy with water created a soup-like broth. We also found that a little barley goes a long way in this beef barley soup recipe. Barley swells dramatically as it cooks, so we only needed a small amount for an entire pot of our Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms.

Before You Begin

Leftover gravy from the Country-Style Pot Roast recipe creates an intensely flavored broth for this soup.

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add carrot and mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, until liquid that mushrooms release evaporates, about 4 minutes.
  2. Add gravy, water, and barley. Increase heat to high and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Stir in shredded meat and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve.

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