Slow Cooked Beef and Barley Stew
Hearty and warming, this slow cooked beef and barley stew is so easy to make either in the slow cooker, or the Instant Pot. Set it going in the morning and you can come home to the delicious aroma of home cooked food with little to no effort!
Equipment
- 1 Slow cooker/ Instant Pot
- 1 Meauring cups and spoons
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp lard or tallow
- 1/2 Medium white onion Diced
- 1 Carrot Diced
- 35 g Frozen peas
- 500 g Stewing/ braising steak
- 45 g Barley
- 1 ltr Beef/chicken stock
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 tbsp Maple syrup
- 1 tsp each; basil, oregano,rosemary
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot onto sauté function and warm fat.
- (If using slow cooker, saute in a separate pan)
- Fry onions, carrots and peas in the lard until onions are softened.
- Add in beef and brown
- Switch Instant Pot to slow cooker and add the barley. Stir to coat in fat and then add seasonings
- Add stock, maple syrup and Worcestershire sauce, along with salt and pepper and close the lid.
- Cook on low for 8 hrs
- Stir and serve topped with fresh herbs
Notes
For the quicker version in the Instant Pot, follow instructions until slow cook, then set to pressure cook, making sure the vent is closed and cook on high for 15 mins. Manual vent at the end of cook time. Honey can be used as the sweetener, but we find that Maple syrup gives a slightly lighter flavour. A lovely addition to this would be to replace the maple syrup with a sweet chilli sauce for a little kick!
