[X]

Home > Recipes > Beef Barley Lentil Soup

Beef Barley Lentil Soup Recipe

Beef Barley Lentil Soup Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Read reviews (30)

Rate recipe

It's easy for Judy Metzentine to fill her slow cooker and forget about supper...until the kitchen is filled with wonderful aroma, that is! "I've served this soup often to family and friends on cold nights, along with homemade rolls and a green salad," she writes from The Dalles, Oregon. For variety, she suggests substituting jicama (a starchy root vegetable found in the produce department of many grocery stores) for the potatoes.

This recipe is:

Healthy

Diabetic Friendly

[X]

Rate Beef Barley Lentil Soup Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

Beef Barley Lentil Soup Recipe

Prep: 5 min. Cook: 8 hours

Yield: 10 Servings

5 480 485

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
XKick-up the flavor
With Johnsonville Italian Sausage.
Featured Sponsor
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cups cubed red potatoes (1/4-inch pieces)
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrot
1 cup dried lentils, rinsed
1/2 cup medium pearl barley
8 cups water
2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) stewed tomatoes

Directions

In a nonstick skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain.
Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Layer with the potatoes, celery, carrots, lentils and barley. Combine the water, bouillon, salt and lemon-pepper; pour over vegetables. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or until vegetables and barley are tender.
Add the tomatoes; cook 2 hours longer. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (1-1/2 cups) equals 241 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 17 mg cholesterol, 660 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 9 g fiber, 18 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch, 1 vegetable.

Originally published as Beef Barley Lentil Soup in Light & Tasty February/March 2003, p12

Light-Bodied Red Wine

Enjoy this recipe with a light-bodied red wine such as Pinot Noir.

More recipes like this:

Recipe Slideshows

Browse slideshows featuring our best recipes, holiday ideas, easy how-tos, cooking tips, and more!

Get Recipes >

Top 10 Recipes

A collection of our favorite, highest-rated recipes—including the best dessert, dinner and holiday recipes.

Get Recipes >

Reviews for Beef Barley Lentil Soup

Beef Barley Lentil Soup

Tell us what you think of this recipe.
Did you modify it? Would you make it again? Rate it today! >

Rate and Review this Recipe

(21-30) of 30 reviews

Sort Reviews:

Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2010 by daisey5

I used ground turkey in place of the beef. It was still good.

Reviewed on Jan. 20, 2010 by Isty

This was a wonderful meal on a cold day. I substituted ground moose for the beef. The kids loved it and even had thirds. Thanks for the recipe.

Reviewed on Jan. 31, 2009 by Lornamae

Delicious! Very easy to prepare. Will certainly make it again.

Lorna

Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2008 by lssrls@yahoo.com

This was wonderful!!! I also used regular potatoes and it was great. Will make this often, new recipe for us.

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2008 by lbsmama25

This soup was excellent. It came out tasting so delicious and was easy to prepare. I will cook this again.

Reviewed on Dec. 07, 2008 by twinkle8o3

LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe! This is a definite keeper and I will make it often. Delicious! I used regular potatoes as opposed to red potatoes, but that is the only thing I changed.

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2008 by kre8tvtee

I will make this for sure - was wondering what to do with the lentils in my pantry. I'm thinking I'll make it even more heart healthy by replacing at least some of the beef with 97% FF ground chicken. Hubby is recovering from triple bypass so we are really watching the red meat intake. With that and the low fat, low sodium broth this will be a keeper.

Kre8tvtee

Reviewed on Aug. 26, 2008 by kennedyjl

This soup was excellent. I actually doubled the recipe (and added quite a bit more beef bouillon)so I was able to feed the family, freeze a batch for another night, plus send some to work with hubby so he and his co-workers would have a nutrious lunch rather than fast food! I will make this again many times!

Reviewed on Feb. 28, 2008 by mary2171

I made this soup for supper tonight and it was delish!!! I didn't put the soup in the crock pot as I had a late start to the day and I like to make soup ahead and let it season. I used 4 cups of beef broth, low sodium and the rest of the liquid I used water. I just let the soup simmer on the stove, till it was done and all the veggies, barley and lentil were cooked.

VERY GOOD!!!! A Keeper for sure!!

Mary