Braised Beef With Barley Recipes

BRAISED BEEF WITH BARLEY

Steps:

• In a soup pot over medium heat, heat oil until hot. Sprinkle roast with salt and pepper.
• Sear 4 to 6 minutes, browning on all sides. Remove roast to a platter.
• Add onion and garlic to pot. Sauté 5 to 7 minutes or until onion is lightly browned. Add broth, tarragon, and bay leaf, then return roast to pot and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover tightly, and simmer 1-1/2 hours. Stir in barley and mushrooms, cover, and cook 15 minutes or until barley is tender.
• Remove roast from pot and keep warm. Remove and discard bay leaf then add peas and sour cream to barley mixture, stirring constantly over low heat just until heated through. Carve roast and serve with barley mixture.

BEEF AND BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Season steak with salt and pepper, to taste. Add to the stockpot and cook, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 6-8 minutes; set aside. Add onion, carrots and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and browned, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in wine, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the stockpot. Stir in beef stock, barley, thyme, bay leaf and steak. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered, until barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Remove and discard thyme sprigs and bay leaf. Stir in parsley; season with salt and pepper, to taste.* Serve immediately.

BRAISED BEEF WITH BARLEY

Steps:

• In a dutch oven over medium heat, brown roast in oil.
• Remove roast and set aside.
• Drain, reserving 1 Tbsp of drippings.
• Saute onion, mushrooms and garlic in drippings until tender.
• Return roast to pan.
• Add broth, bay leaf, salt and pepper; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/2 hours.
• Add barley.
• Cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until meat and barley are tender.
• Add peas; cover and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes or until peas are tender.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Set the roast and barley aside; keep warm.
• If desired, add sour cream to pan juices; stir until heated through.
• Slice roast; serve with barley and gravy.

BRAISED BEEF WITH MUSHROOM-BARLEY RISOTTO

Steps:

• Heat 2 tsp. oil in Dutch oven or large deep skillet on medium-high heat. Add meat; cook 4 min. on each side or until browned on both sides. Remove meat from pan; sprinkle with pepper. Add remaining oil, mushrooms and onions to pan; cook 5 min. Stir in broth, barley and 2 Tbsp. tarragon. Bring to boil.
• Return meat to pan; cover. Simmer on medium-low heat 2 hours or until meat is tender. Transfer meat to cutting board; cover to keep warm.
• Stir sour cream, cheese and remaining tarragon into barley mixture in pan. Cut meat into thin slices. Serve with barley mixture.

CHEF JOHN'S BEEF AND BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• Season beef all over with kosher salt and black pepper.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over high heat. Cook beef in hot oil until browned on both sides, about 10 minutes. Transfer beef to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium, and stir onion into the same pot with a pinch of salt. Cook and stir until onion is soft and translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir garlic into onion; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir tomato paste into onion mixture; cook and stir until tomato paste is brick red, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour broth into onion mixture. Add celery, carrots, bay leaf, and rosemary. Return beef with any accumulated juices to pot; push beef down to cover with cooking liquid.
• Bring broth mixture to a simmer, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and cook until beef is fork-tender, 2 to 3 hours. Transfer beef to a bowl.
• Pour barley into cooking liquid, bring to a simmer, and cook until barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Return beef to pot, cover the pot, and cook until heated through, about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Ladle stew into bowls and garnish with parsley and horseradish.