Appetizers / Soups / Salads

My Easy Beef Barley takes 20 minutes to prepare.

My Easy Beef Barley takes 60 minutes to cook.

My Easy Beef Barley makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for My Easy Beef Barley are:

1/2 cup Barley, pearled, raw
4 tbsp Beef Drippings
4 oz Mirepoix (chopped celery, onions, carrots)
6 cup Water

Here is how you make My Easy Beef Barley:

take beef drippings from whatever beef product (besides hamburger) and add 6 cups of water boil till bottom of the pan with drippings in it comes clean (may freeze for later) take the resulting product (au jus) and transfer to a 2 qt pan add 4 oz of whatever combination of carrot onion celery you want and add the 1/2 cup of barley. Boil for an hour or so till everything is soft....you may lose some water to evaporation just add it back ...enjoy with crackers, croutons, mozzarella cheese, whatever you like.Serving Size:?makes 6 (1 cup) servings

The nutritional information for My Easy Beef Barley is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 141.2

• Total Fat: 8.6 g
• Cholesterol: 8.7 mg
• Sodium: 61.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 14.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.0 g
• Protein: 1.7 g