Fucking uncle already with all of this cold and snow. We have close to two feet on the ground and getting another 7-10 tonight.
Cold and shitty weather deserves a heartwarming soup to counteract the suck. Here’s my version of beef barley soup.
Starting out, I roast beef neckbones, seasoned with S&P and EVOO, in a 475 degree convection oven (if you can’t find these use oxtails or beef shanks):


I have 2.5 pounds of nicely marbled chuck, trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces and seasoned with S&P:


Brown it in a heavy bottom pot (I use La Creuset Dutch oven) in batches, being careful to not overcrowding the pot:

After all of the meat is browned, remove the meat and you have a ton of flavor in the pot:

Cold and shitty weather deserves a heartwarming soup to counteract the suck. Here’s my version of beef barley soup.
Starting out, I roast beef neckbones, seasoned with S&P and EVOO, in a 475 degree convection oven (if you can’t find these use oxtails or beef shanks):


I have 2.5 pounds of nicely marbled chuck, trimmed and cut into bite sized pieces and seasoned with S&P:


Brown it in a heavy bottom pot (I use La Creuset Dutch oven) in batches, being careful to not overcrowding the pot:

After all of the meat is browned, remove the meat and you have a ton of flavor in the pot:

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