Comments on: Beef with Barley Soup

By: eileenrn

eileenrn — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:08:47 +0000

One of the best soups I have ever made. My family loved it and has asked for more.

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:06:55 +0000

bingo! Soup of love, smells up the house for hours. Made it last night and will eat on it for days. Had medium barley on hand – cooked up thick, like little dumplings. Green bean and mushroom ideas are good as variations. Kudos to author!

By: Liz Rydwin

Liz Rydwin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:56:46 +0000

My Grandmother also made Beef with Barley soup. However in her ‘recipe’ she would have used mushrooms instead of potatoes, carrots and tomatoes. This looks like another recipes I’d like to try. Love the photos and commentary!

By: Barbara M

Barbara M — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:37:14 +0000

Made this today, perfect for a cool, rainy Monday ! I made double recipe and added more carrots than it called for as well. My MIL was sick, so took her some, which she really enjoyed, as did my husband, two kids and my next door neighbor ! It took a while to get it all prepped, but after that, it was easy! I served it with corn bread, but some crusty bread would have been lovely as well !

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:34:00 +0000

This is delicious, but a bit salty. Would use sodium free stock next time, and/or cut down on amount of seasoning salt added. Also would increase amount of barley. Thank you!

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:06:41 +0000

Wow! Beef and barley soup was one of my favorite soups my mom made. I never sat her down to get the recipe, it was in her head. Now I have the recipe. Thank you!

By: Tiffany AF

Tiffany AF — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:03:46 +0000

Made this for dinner on an especially rainy night. I doubled the carrots. Replaced the water with a splash of red wine (yum) and at the last minute decided to shake 1TBS of flour with 1C of heavy cream and threw it in. Made the soup a bit more stick-to-the-bones-yummy! By the way, this soup is plenty salty on its own, buy sodium free beef stock (or better yet, use homemade and control the salt). Thanks for a great one.

By: Vikki

Vikki — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:20:33 +0000

This looked so good I had to make it today…it is simmering away and the french bread can’t wait to jump in! Thanks for a great recipe.

By: Kimmie

Kimmie — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:21:00 +0000

Oh, dear! You’ve sold me on yet another too-tempting-to-not-try recipe, gf! I could smell it from here in TX!
BTW, the Pecan Pie Muffins (along w/many others) were to die for! Have dutifully passed the recipe on to family & friends, as will do this one, after making it this afternoon. I know everyone will be in Heaven with it!
TYVM!

By: emily W.

emily W. — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:11:28 +0000

Oh.
Heck.
Yes.
In the crockpot tomorrow morning.
WOOHOO!