Beef 'n' barley vegetable soup

1 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2poundsSoup bone - 1/2 meat
2tablespoonsFat
2quartsWater
teaspoonSalt
¼teaspoonPepper
2tablespoonsMinced parsley
¼cupBarley
1cupCubed carrot
¼cupChopped onion
½cupChopped celery
2cupsCooked tomatos
1cupFresh/frozen peas

Directions

Remove meat from the cracked soup bone; cut meat into cubes and brown slightly in hot fat. Place meat, soup bone, water, seasonings and parsley in soup kettle. Cover tightly and cook slowly 1 hour. Add barley and cook 1 hour longer. Cool and skim off excess fat. Remove soup bone. Add carrots, onion, celery and tomatos; cook 45 minutes.

Add fresh peas and cook 15 minutes.