Pit Beef Barley Soup (Stewp)
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[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]Years ago, before I was married, lets say about twenty years ago.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I stopped in a Dunkin' Donuts with my girlfriend and noticed they had a Beef Barley Soup, I said, "that looks pretty good", and eagerly purchased a bowl, man was that good soup.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]After my first bowl I was hooked, so every now and then, my girlfriend and I, currently the wife (Boss), would stop in our local Dunkin' Donuts and I would always look for the Beef Barley soup and they were always out. This actually became an inside joke between the two of us. [/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I eventually gave up looking for the soup and I think they eventually stopped selling it. Anyhow I would often say to my wife, "remember that beef barley soup at Dunkin' Donuts", she would always say, "Yeah the Soup they never had"![/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I always wanted to make some myself, well the time has finally come.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]After making my Jack Daniels Pit Beef, I figured that some of the meat should be used to make some Hearty Beef Barley Soup (Stewp)[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]Here is the Pit Beef that was thick sliced for dinner, whatever that was not eaten for dinner was chopped into small pieces for the soup, fat and everything.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]There was a heel piece with a ton of awesome bark that was chopped fine as well.[/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]All the ingredients were added at once, no sauteing or browning... everything into the pot, after a few hours on the stove dehydrated carrots were added.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I finally got a chance to use some of the carrots I had dehydrated.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]The soup sat in the fridge the next day. Stew was removed from the refrigerator and some was served over top of mashed potatoes and was awesome as is, but I still needed to add the barley.[/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]My better half stopped on the way home to pick up the barley, then proceeded to cook it on the stove as the stew warmed up.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]Cook time for the barley was supposed to be an hour, I started spooning the barley into the soup after 45 minutes, then left the soup on low for another hour or so.[/font]
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Sorry, the ingredients aren't exact I was just winging it.
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[/font][font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]Years ago, before I was married, lets say about twenty years ago.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I stopped in a Dunkin' Donuts with my girlfriend and noticed they had a Beef Barley Soup, I said, "that looks pretty good", and eagerly purchased a bowl, man was that good soup.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]After my first bowl I was hooked, so every now and then, my girlfriend and I, currently the wife (Boss), would stop in our local Dunkin' Donuts and I would always look for the Beef Barley soup and they were always out. This actually became an inside joke between the two of us. [/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I eventually gave up looking for the soup and I think they eventually stopped selling it. Anyhow I would often say to my wife, "remember that beef barley soup at Dunkin' Donuts", she would always say, "Yeah the Soup they never had"![/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I always wanted to make some myself, well the time has finally come.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]After making my Jack Daniels Pit Beef, I figured that some of the meat should be used to make some Hearty Beef Barley Soup (Stewp)[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]Here is the Pit Beef that was thick sliced for dinner, whatever that was not eaten for dinner was chopped into small pieces for the soup, fat and everything.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]There was a heel piece with a ton of awesome bark that was chopped fine as well.[/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]All the ingredients were added at once, no sauteing or browning... everything into the pot, after a few hours on the stove dehydrated carrots were added.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]I finally got a chance to use some of the carrots I had dehydrated.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]The soup sat in the fridge the next day. Stew was removed from the refrigerator and some was served over top of mashed potatoes and was awesome as is, but I still needed to add the barley.[/font]
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[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]My better half stopped on the way home to pick up the barley, then proceeded to cook it on the stove as the stew warmed up.[/font]
[font=trebuchet ms, sans-serif]Cook time for the barley was supposed to be an hour, I started spooning the barley into the soup after 45 minutes, then left the soup on low for another hour or so.[/font]
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Sorry, the ingredients aren't exact I was just winging it.
2 tablespoon Mc Cormick Beef base
5 bay leaves
6 garlic clove
2-3 pounds beef chopped fine
4 celery stalks
One chopped onion
1 cup carrots
1/4 cup vermouth
1 can au jus
1 can beef gravy
3 cups of beef gravy
1 cup chicken broth
1 tablespoon
Worcestershire
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon garlic and
1 Tablespoon Onion Powder
1-1/2 cups cooked barley
4 Tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon basil
1 teaspoon parsley
Corn Starch to thicken
