Beef Barley Soup

Name: Beef Barley Soup
Ingredients: 1/2 c. minced onion; 5 Tbsp. butter; 1 c. medium pearl barley; 3 cans boiling beef consomme; 1/2 lb. mushrooms, sliced; 1 tsp. salt; 1/4 tsp. pepper; garlic salt to taste

8 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

1/2 c. minced onion
5 Tbsp. butter
1 c. medium pearl barley
3 cans boiling beef consomme
1/2 lb. mushrooms, sliced
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
garlic salt to taste

Directions

1

Saute onion in 3 tablespoons butter until soft but not brown. Stir in barley; cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes, or until barley begins to brown.
2

Stir constantly.
3

Add hot consomme very slowly; barley will sizzle.
4

Cook over lowest heat until barley has absorbed liquid (45 minutes to 1 hour).
5

Saute mushrooms.
6

Put in barley and season.
7

Cook a few minutes together.