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Beef Barley Soup




Ingredients
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Ingredients

1 rib steak
1 tablespoon oil
2 onions--diced
3 cloves garlic -- diced
4 carrots -- diced
2 stalks celery -- sliced
1/2 green pepper--diced
4 potatoes -- diced
1 can chick peas
1 large can black beans
1 can mushrooms
1 cup pearl barley
1/4 cup parsley -- fresh and chopped
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cumin
2 teaspoons thyme leaves
1 can beef broth
8 cups water--or more
1 large can diced tomatoes

Brown the steak well,
and remove from soup pot
Add the onions and garlic
and cook for a few minutes
Add the celery, green pepper, carrots,
tomatoes, water, beef broth, barley and the spices.
Put the steak back into soup mixture
and simmer for 1 1/2 hours
Add the potatoes, beans, chick peas,
mushrooms and the parsley to soup.
Remove the steak and cut into small pieces
and put back into the soup
simmer for another 45 minutes

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