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Get free recipes sent straight into your inbox! Beef and Barley Soup is full of delicious beef and barley, tender veggies, and fresh herbs, to bring you an amazingly hearty soup your family will ask for all winter long. Beef and barley soup in a soup bowl. Beef Options in The Best Beef and Barley Soup: The best meat to use for this soup is stewing meat. Your grocery store should carry it, already cubed up for you. If you can’t find that, you can just buy a chuck roast.
If you prefer, you could also use ground beef. Browning: Technically, browning the chuck roast is an optional step. If you absolutely do not have the time, you can skip it. However, we highly highly recommend you brown the roast. It adds so much flavor to this soup, that you will really be missing out if you skip this step. Red Wine: We love the added flavor red wine brings to this soup, and with how long it simmers on the stove, all of the alcohol cooks out before you consume it.
However, if you prefer to not cook with alcohol, you can always substitute with more broth. Wondering what type of red wine to use? You can really use any red wine you like. The type of wine does not matter as much as just being sure you use a wine that is good enough to drink. Please, do not use cooking wine from the grocery store. The flavor isn’t great, and it just has a ton of added salt that you really don’t want in this soup.