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Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup is a classic slow cooker soup recipe that is so easy to make and always a family favorite.
Cris here. This Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup is a slow cooker adaptation of the popular soup from Gooseberry Patch’sFresh & Easy Family Meals. The beefy hearty flavor makes for a perfect lunch or dinner. My favorite part? The delicious slices of carrots! I just love cooked carrots.
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Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup Notes:
- This soup is easy to throw into a slow cooker and cook all day.
- I like using our browning slow cookers to cook this up because I can brown the ground beef with the onion and celery in the unit and then flip it to slow cooker without having an additional skillet to wash. However, you can use a skillet to brown your meat and then pour into any 6 qt slow cooker if you would like.
- You can switch up the flavor of this dish a bit by switching out the diced tomatoes with your favorite flavored diced tomatoes. Basil, Oregano and Garlic varieties are some of my favorite to switch out.
Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup
This Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup is super easy and delicious!
5 from 7 votes
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Course: Soup
Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours hours
Total Time: 8 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 10 -12 servings
Author: Cris
Ingredients
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 stalks celery sliced
- 28 oz can diced tomatoes
- 31.5 oz cans beef consomme (3-10.5 oz cans)
- 10.75 oz can tomato soup
- 6 carrots peeled and chopped
- 2 cups broth
- 1/2 cup pearled barley uncooked
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
Over medium heat, cook your ground beef, onion and celery, drain
Put your beef mixture in your crock pot
Add your remaining ingredients and stir
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours
Remove the bay leaf just before serving
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Eddy says Hubby and I love this recipe, I make at least 2-3 times a month.
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- Aunt Lou says
That’s wonderful Eddy! Thank you for letting us know. It makes our day to hear that a reader enjoys a recipe we have posted!
- Barbara Green says
Is there any need to cook the carrots too when you are cooking the meat, onion and celery on the stove first or will the carrots be fine cooked just in the crock pot? I really want to try this recipe, sounds better than the one I’ve been using for years.
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- Cris says
Hi Barbara! The carrots will cook up just fine without precooking. Enjoy!
- Cris says
Debbie-
I love that idea! I am going to have to try it!Reply
- Debbie says
I love this soup. I basically make it the same way except I use cubed roast beef. It is so good. Thanks for sharing your version, I will have to try it.
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- Kris Sattler says
Do you use chicken stock or beef stock in addition to the beef consommé?
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- Cris says
Yep! If you would like to reduce the sodium in the recipe, you could always use water instead of the broth. Enjoy! - C.J. says
Looks yummy! Will try this recipe over the weekend.
- C.J. says
If I cut the ingredients of the recipe in half to serve only 5-6 people, do I need to reduce the cook time to 4 hours or keep it at 8 hours?
- Cris says
Hi CJ-
I would say that depends on your slow cooker size. If the recipe fills your slow cooker up at least 2/3 full (ideally) then your cooking time will most likely be the same. However, if you are still using a larger slow cooker with less ingredients then you will need to reduce your cooking time likely. In that case, I would just watch it from about the 4 hour mark on. Enjoy!
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