Description
This Instant Pot Beef & Barley Soup offers a delightful blend of flavors with tender beef and wholesome ingredients. Perfect for a comforting family meal, it’s quick and straightforward to make, providing a delicious solution for your dinner needs.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds (1kg) beef stew meat
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 8 ounces (225g) mushrooms, quartered
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 4–6 cloves garlic, minced
- 6 cups (1.4 liter) low sodium beef broth/stock
- 1 (14.5oz) (411g) can diced tomatoes
- ¾ cup (140g) pearl barley, rinsed
- 2 small potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 tablespoons better than bullion beef base (or use 2–4 cubes)
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
Instructions
- Set the Instant Pot to the sauté setting. Add the stew meat, olive oil, and a pinch of salt and pepper. Brown the meat on all sides, which should take about 5 minutes. Remove the meat and set it aside.
- Sauté the mushrooms until they are nicely browned, adding more oil if necessary.
- Add the diced onion, celery, and carrot. Season with salt and pepper if desired, and cook for about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the minced garlic and cook for an additional 30 seconds.
- Pour a little beef broth into the pot to deglaze, scraping up any browned bits to prevent a burn error.
- Add the remaining beef broth, the browned meat, diced tomatoes, pearl barley, diced potatoes, beef base, bay leaf, and thyme.
- Seal the Instant Pot lid and set the vent to sealing. Cook on high pressure for 15 minutes.
- Allow for a natural pressure release for 15 minutes, then set the vent to release the remaining pressure before removing the lid.
Notes
For extra flavor, consider using fresh herbs instead of dried thyme.
This soup freezes well, so make a big batch for future meals!
Adjust the seasoning to your preference before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 6g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 70mg