Beef & Barley Stew

This delicious Beef & Barley Soup can be prepared with no sweat using slow cooker - just dump everything in it, no frequent check necessary and ready by the set time! That's what I did for hubby's BBQ last week when energy level is low (sorry if anyone been waiting this long for the recipe).

When I made it, I simply threw whatever crossed my mind with instinct without any specific recipe. Now a week later, I hope I can recall it correctly.... Bottom line is, use your creativity for this sort of meal!

Serves 5-6 persons

INGREDIENTS:

500g Beef* - cut 2" cube 

100g Pearl Barley

1 Big Onion

1" Ginger - bruised

1 tsp freshly ground Black Pepper

1 Carrot

2 tbsp Butter

2 tbsp Flour

100ml Fresh Milk

Fresh Parsley - chopped 

Salt

(* I love the beef parts that contain some muscles and my favourite is beef shank) 

METHOD:

1. Place clean beef, barley, onion, ginger, black pepper, salt & 1½ liter water into a slow cooker pot.

Set to high (4 hours) or slow (whole day) until beef is tender.

Add in carrot in the last 1 hr of cooking.

2. Melt butter and mix in flour until dissolved & gradually stir in milk.

Pour into the cooking stew & cook for another 30-60min.

Add in chopped parsley and let the stew sit in the pot until served.

3. Serve with garlic/plain bread.

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BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION

Resepi ni dah lapuk seminggu tapi baru hari ni dapat nak update blog - ingat tak Along ada pos pasal menu BBQ untuk birthday hubby. Maaf ler kalau2 ada yg menunggu lama ya. Along buat ni guna slow cooker, senang tak payah nak mengadap dapur lama2 tapi kena rancang awal2 lah. Kalau takda slow cooker, boleh masak macam dalam periuk biasa tapi akan mengambil masa yg lebih pendek & kena hadap takut meruap atau air terkering.

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation

Saiz hidanga: 5-6 org

BAHAN2:

500g Daging Lembu* - potong 2" kiub

100g Biji Bali

1 bj Bwg Besar

1" Halia - di ketuk

1 st Lada Hitam yg di tumbuk

1 btg Karot

2 sb Butter

2 sb Tepung Gandum

100ml Susu Segar

Fresh Parsley - cincang

Garam

(* Along suka guna daging berurat, Mak Along panggil Daging Ketin)

CARA2:

1. Masukkan daging, bali, bwg, halia, lada, garam & 1½ liter air ke dlm periuk slow cooker.

Set pada suhu "high" (4 jam) atau "slow" (seharian) sehingga daging lembut.
Masukkan karot sejam terakhir masakan.

2. Cairkan butter & masukkan tepung sehingga sebati.
Masukkan susu sedikit2 sambil di kacau sebati.
Tuangkan ke dlm stew & masak selama 30-60min lagi.
Masukkan daun parsley dan tutup sehingga perlu di hidangkan.

3. Hidangkan dgn roti kosong atau roti bwg putih.