Reward yourself at the end of the work day with a homemade soup made with Progresso® beef flavored broth and frozen baby sweet peas.
Slow-Cooker Beef-Barley Soup
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 8 hr 20 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 lb beef stew meat
- 2 medium carrots, sliced (1 cup)
- 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup uncooked pearl barley
- 5 1/4 cups Progresso™ beef flavored broth (from two 32-oz cartons)
- 2 dried bay leaves
- 1 cup frozen baby sweet peas

Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray 4- to 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Mix all ingredients except peas in cooker.
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Step2Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8 to 9 hours.
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Step3About 10 minutes before serving, stir in peas. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook about 10 minutes or until peas are thoroughly cooked. Remove bay leaves.
Nutrition
350
Calories
13g
Total Fat
35g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
4g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 350
- Calories from Fat
- 120
- Total Fat
- 13g
- 21%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 25%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 70mg
- 23%
- Sodium
- 1110mg
- 46%
- Potassium
- 770mg
- 22%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 4g
- 18%
- Sugars
- 4g
- Protein
- 35g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 80%
- 80%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 25%
- 25%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 4 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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