Beef-barley Soup

Ingredients

900 gr beef
16 ml oil
130 gr carrots
100 gr celery
1 slice onion
65 gr green pepper
7 gr parsley
950 ml beef broth
1 package tomatoes
240 ml spagetti sauce
130 gr pearl barley
1 gr basil
3 gr salt
12 gr pepper

Instructions

Cut meat into 3 cm cubes. In a large skillet brown meat, half at a time, inhot oil. Drain well. Meanwhile in crockpot combine carrots, celery,onion, green pepper, and parsley. Add broth, undrained tomatoes, spagettisauce, barley, basil, salt, and pepper. Stir in browned meat.

Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 10-12 hours or on high-heat settingfor 4.5-5 hours. Skim off fat.