Beef Leftover’s Barley Soup

I love soup!!!!

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OK first off this recipe kind of requires the leftovers from my Crockpot roast beef  recipe.
So please take a look at that recipe post first.

Ingredients:

  • left over gravy from the crock pot roast
  • left over roast beef
  • carrots (1 /2 cups)
  • celery (if I had some I would have used 2-3 stalks)
  • 1 med sized cooking onion
  • 8 cups of water
  • 1 can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp dried parsley
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2/3 cup of barley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

First take your left over gravy from the pot roast and add to a large soup pot, fill with 8 cups of water. Whisk this with salt and pepper to your liking. I use 1 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of pepper (approximately). Add your soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. These are added to enhance the beefy-ness of the stock. These two items are great to pull out more intense beef flavors when working with beef.

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Ok now I take whatever vegetables I have in the fridge to add to my soup. I added 1 yellow onion chopped small.

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1/2 bag of baby carrots chopped small.

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Cut up whatever roast you have remaining to add to the soup. Now keep in mind my roast was not that big(maybe 2.5-3 lbs) so I had maybe 3/4 cup of chopped up meat. If you have a huge ass roast obviously you aren’t going to chop up and add 4 cups of meat or you will need a bigger pot and more water 😉

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Alright now let that boil away like Grizelda’s cauldron  and cackle at your accomplishment so far 🙂 Any Canadian’s who grew up with the Hilarious House of Frankenstein will know I was trying to take a stab at funny there 🙂 🙂

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Welllll, as Grizelda would say!! Now that your vegetables are tender and the stock has reduced a bit we have managed to concentrate those flavors!

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Go ahead and add your 1 can of crushed tomatoes and 2/3 cup of barley to the soup

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Your soup will have a great body to it from the starches in the barley. Stir occasionally and the last ingredient I add is the parsley flakes just before the soup is done to brighten the flavor a bit.

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That is about it people. Turn off your stove and you can taste and adjust with any further salt or pepper.

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ENJOY!!!!!

Left-over Beef Barley Soup

  • Servings: 6-8
  • Difficulty: easy
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ingredients:

  • left over gravy from the crock pot roast
  • left over roast beef
  • carrots (1 /2 cups)
  • celery (if I had some I would have used 2-3 stalks)
  • 1 med sized cooking onion
  • 8 cups of water
  • 1 can of crushed tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp dried parsley
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2/3 cup of barley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

First take your left over gravy from the pot roast and add to a large soup pot, fill with 8 cups of water. Whisk this with salt and pepper to your liking. I use 1 tsp of salt and 1 tsp of pepper (approximately). Add your soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce. These are added to enhance the beefy-ness of the stock. These two items are great to pull out more intense beef flavors when working with beef.

Ok now I take whatever vegetables I have in the fridge to add to my soup. I added 1 yellow onion chopped small and 1/2 bag of baby carrots chopped small.

Cut up whatever roast you have remaining to add to the soup. (I had 3/4 cup)

Let the soup boil and the vegetables cook. Now that your vegetables are tender and the stock has reduced a bit we have managed to concentrate those flavors!

Go ahead and add your 1 can of crushed tomatoes and 2/3 cup of barley to the soup

Your soup will have great body to it from the starches in the barley. Stir occasionally and the last ingredient to add is the parsley flakes.

Turn off your stove and you can taste and adjust with any further salt or pepper.

Enjoy

Crockpot Roast

Crock Pot Roast Ingredients:

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  • beef roast (I use sirloin tip or eye round, bottom round, top round)
  • bag of baby carrots
  • package of onion soup mix
  • water
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Place your uncooked beef roast in the bottom of the crock pot and add a bag of baby carrots, one package of onion soup mix, about 1/2 cup water and salt and pepper to taste.

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Put your slow cooker on low and let cook all day. Half way through cooking I flip my roast to get it very tender on the other side. At the end of the cooking time your roast will be so moist it will be falling apart and smell fantastic!!

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Alright after a whole day of smelling the pot roast it’s time to eat!!

After 8 hours of cooking you have a super tender beef roast with carrots and au jus for dipping. You can serve this as is with a starch or  sandwiches,  sky’s the limit!

This is what I do from here. I take out my roast and carrots to rest and put tinfoil over to keep warm. I take the au jus and put in small sauce pan in order to thicken it for gravy purposes.

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I take about 2 heaping tbs of cornstarch and mix with a bit of water

I take about 2 heaping tbs of cornstarch and mix with a bit of water

Once you add your cornstarch mixture to the au jus and turn your stove on high it will start to boil. Once it boils it has reached its full thickening power so if you are happy with the consistency of the gravy turn off the stove and you are all set to go.  If  you aren’t happy then you can  either add more cornstarch mixture or water. DO NOT ADD CORNSTARCH WITHOUT FIRST MIXING WITH WATER!! YOU WILL GET NASTY CLUMPY GRAVY

It should look something like this when done:

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I usually serve this meal with mashed potatoes ummm!

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Oh also yorkshire puddings!! Perfect little wells in these bad boys to ladle your au jus “gravy”

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Please check out the Yorkshire pudding recipe too!

Also I just wanted to say I know this recipe is super simplistic and not gourmet-ish at all! I have tried fancier versions of pot roast. I have made it beef burginion style with fresh herbs and much more steps and elbow grease. I have dusted my roasts in flour and first browned it in a frying pan so that I seal in the juices to make it really tender, and add flavor from the caramelization process of frying the outer roast (it made no real big difference for the amount of effort and mess) I have used fresh onions, fried onions, garlic etc, etc,etc, etc, etc.

This recipe in my opinion is absolutely delicious with minimal effort so why try to change a good thing? I asked my self that after trying various versions of a good pot roast and always come back to this 🙂

crockpot Roast Beef

  • Servings: 8
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients:

  • beef roast (I use sirloin tip or eye round, bottom round, top round)
  • bag of baby carrots
  • package of onion soup mix
  • water
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Place your uncooked beef roast in the bottom of the crock pot and add a bag of baby carrots, one package of onion soup mix, about 1/2 cup water and salt and pepper to taste.

Put your slow cooker on low and let cook all day. Half way through cooking I flip my roast to get it very tender on the other side. At the end of the cooking time your roast will be so moist it will be falling apart and smell fantastic!! (6-8hrs)

Serve with the au jus from the roast. (can use a sleurry of cornstarch and water and thicken the au jus to make gravy…where is the mashed potatoes 🙂