{Instant Pot} Cozy Beef and Barley Soup
This Instant Pot Beef & Barley Stew is a cozy, soul warming, slurp inducing recipe with a classic flavorful beef broth, tender beef, nourishing vegetables, and perfectly cooked barley. This hearty soup is the perfect cure for the frosty nights of a seemingly endless winter season!
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped
- 3 carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 lb red potato peeled and diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 lbs beef
- ½ cup red wine
- 6 cups beef stock
- ½ cup barley
- 1 tied bouquet garni thyme and rosemary
- ½ tsp salt plus more to season meat
- ¼ tsp black pepper plus more to season meat
- 3 tbsp flour
Instructions
- Cut beef into 2 inch cubes or smaller. Season with salt and pepper and dust with flour.
- Press "saute" on Instant Pot, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil. Work in batches to sear all of beef cubes. Set aside.
- Deglaze pot with red wine, scraping bottom of pot to incorporate any browned meat stuck to bottom into the red wine. Add onion, carrots, potatoes, and celery and garlic. Let simmer with the wine for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Press "cancel" to stop the saute function. Add beef broth, seared beef, barley and bouquet garni, salt and pepper. Secure lid to Instant Pot, turn knob to "sealed" position. Cook on "high pressure" for 15 minutes. When cycle has completed, let the pressure release naturally for at least 15 minutes.
- Remove tied herbs (bouquet garni) before serving. Season with additional seasonings to taste. Serve warm with chopped parsley on top and a loaf of crusty bread.
Nutrition
Calories: 432kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 26gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 607mgPotassium: 1066mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 3821IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 4mg
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