A hearty beef barley soup for these freezing days!

[Nape]

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:

 

[Nape]

Into that pot, after adding EVOO, add the following:

1 red onion, diced
1/2 white onion, diced
3 large carrots, large dice
3 ribs celery, large dice
5 shiitake mushrooms, diced

Sauté for 5-6 minutes.

Add 4-6 cloves of garlic, 3 tbsp good tomato paste, and a tbsp of anchovy paste. Let that cook 3-4 minutes:

Add 1 cup of dry white wine (I used sauv blanc but Pinot Grigio works well too):

Add in 2-3 bay leaves and 3-4 sprigs of fresh Rosemary:

Let that reduce by 1/2.

 

[Nape]

Add in the roasted beef neck bones and the browned Chuck. Add 1 can of Rotel:

4 cups low sodium beef stock and 4 cups low sodium chicken stock....I use these:

Add in a tablespoon of soy sauce and a tablespoon of fish sauce:

Stir together and let it simmer on medium low, partially covered, for an hour. BBIAB

 

[Hutchhawk]

looks great.

 

[Nape]

Added two pieces of parm rind and 1 1/4 cups pearled barley. That will go about an hour over medium low heat, covered.

 

[TopHook]

 

[JuliusLeRoy]

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actually, I’m gonna steal or borrow this recipe

 

[Yep00]

Threads like these are why I'm glad there aren't a limit on likes to give out.

 

[Nape]

It’s getting real shitty out there. Had to take my daughter to dance and the wind is blowing and the snow is coming down in sheets. Fuck!!

Anyhow, I pulled the neck bones out and salted them a bit. That’s a taste treat for the cook. I also pulled out the rosemary sprigs, bay leaves, and parm rind. Turned off the heat and will let it sit for an hour or two to come together.

Time for a gummy and a start up of the snow blower. Gonna be busy with that bad boy a little later.

 

[Shawn_Michaels]

amazing

 

[Nape]

Cheers to all of you freezing freaks out there! Cin Cin.

 

[Mud flap]

Same here in central Alabama cold, wet and nasty. Cooking up a beef stew with cat head biscuits currently

 

[Nape]

Same here in central Alabama cold, wet and nasty. Cooking up a beef stew with cat head biscuits currently

Fuckin’ A!

Mangia!!

 

[Yep00]

Threads like these are why I'm glad there aren't a limit on likes to give out.

Rereading this post and I sound like a douche saying "aren't"...yeesh.

Now back to the orgasm in a bowl by @Nape.

 

[sanction]

Same here in central Alabama cold, wet and nasty. Cooking up a beef stew with cat head

I live in Demopolis too.

What are the odds?

 

[comotiger]

Looks good. I just thawed the rest of the turkey that I got last spring to make a big batch of turkey and rice soup for the cold week ahead

 

[sanction]

Fillet, potato, corn and avacado.

 

[Nape]

Hey...we have a warm up coming overnight. About fucking time!

 

[shiv]

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