Beef Barley Soup |

Ingredients

• 2 lb. Beef stew meat , cut into 1/2 inch pieces (I used a 2 lb. beef shank with bone and cut meat into pieces after cooking)
• 1 large Onion, chopped
• 3 ribs Celery, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
• 3 Carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 small Sweet red pepper, chopped
• 5 cups Water
• 2 Tbl. Instant beef bouillon
• 2 Tbl. Minced parsley
• 1 tsp. Salt
• 1/2 tsp. Pepper
• 1/2 tsp. Basil
• 1 Bay leaf
• 1/2 cup *Medium pearled barley or Quick 10-minute barley