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Grandma Coffee's Beef Barley Vegetable Soup

By: jmbwarner  
"A wonderful family recipe, passed down by my mother (nicknamed Grandma Coffee by my daughters). This recipe gets a unique flavor from the rutabaga used in place of potatoes. The rutabaga gives it a wonderful flavor, and will not fall apart like potatoes tend to do in soup. I freeze half, and use half immediately. Enjoy with some crusty sourdough or French bread and a garden salad. "

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Prep Time:
20 Min
Cook Time:
1 Hr 45 Min
Ready In:
2 Hrs 5 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 24 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 pound beef stew meat, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 6 cups water, plus more if desired
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans canned diced tomatoes with their juice
  • 4 carrots, cut into 1/4 inch rounds
  • 4 stalks celery, cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 rutabaga, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces
  • 1 large sweet onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup uncooked pearl barley
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen white corn
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen cut green beans
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen baby lima beans (optional)
  • seasoned salt (such as Morton® Nature's Seasons® Seasoning Blend) to taste

Directions

  1. Place the beef, water, and bay leaf in a large soup pot over medium heat, and cook until the beef is very tender, about 1 hour. Stir in the tomatoes, carrots, celery, rutabaga, onion, and pearl barley, and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes. Add the frozen white corn, green beans, and lima beans, season to taste, and simmer an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until the frozen vegetables are tender. Add more water if the soup is too thick.

Footnotes

  • Rutabagas and turnips are cousins, but aren't identical. Look for rutabagas in the produce aisle near turnips. They are yellow-fleshed with purplish shoulders (turnips tend to be white). They're a cold-weather crop, plentiful in fall and winter.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 107 | Total Fat: 3.9g | Cholesterol: 13mg

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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 0 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 18, 2009 by Lori 
I have to give this three stars not because the beef barley is mediocre, but because the... MORE

 
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