Slow Cooked Beef Barley Soup

This easy slow cooked beef barley soup recipe consists of 12 ingredients, including celery, tomatoes, and beef stew meat.

What you need:

• 3/4 lb beef stew meat
  
• 6 c water
  
• 6 t beef bouillon granules
  
• 2 large tomatoes, chopped
  
• 2 ribs celery, sliced
  
• 2 medium carrots, sliced
  
• 1 medium onion, chopped
  
• 1 c potato, diced
  
• 1/3 c quick-cooking barley
  
• 1 bay leaf
  
• 1 t dried thyme
  
• 1/8 t black pepper
  

What you do:

• Add all ingredients except barley to a 4 quart or larger crock pot / slow cooker and mix.  
• Cook, covered, for 7.5 hours on low. 
• Remove cover, stir in barley, cover and cook for 30 minutes more.  
• Remove bay leaf and serve.