Metric Jesters Barley Stew Recipes

METRIC JESTER'S BEEF, BARLEY AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Brown beef and onions together in dutch oven until onions are soft, season as desired (I like montreal steak spice)
• Stir in barley, onion soup mix and boiling water.
• bring to boil, then reduce and simmer for 30 minutes.

CHEF JOHN'S BEEF AND BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• Season beef all over with kosher salt and black pepper.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large pot over high heat. Cook beef in hot oil until browned on both sides, about 10 minutes. Transfer beef to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium, and stir onion into the same pot with a pinch of salt. Cook and stir until onion is soft and translucent, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir garlic into onion; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir tomato paste into onion mixture; cook and stir until tomato paste is brick red, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour broth into onion mixture. Add celery, carrots, bay leaf, and rosemary. Return beef with any accumulated juices to pot; push beef down to cover with cooking liquid.
• Bring broth mixture to a simmer, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and cook until beef is fork-tender, 2 to 3 hours. Transfer beef to a bowl.
• Pour barley into cooking liquid, bring to a simmer, and cook until barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Return beef to pot, cover the pot, and cook until heated through, about 10 minutes. Season with salt. Ladle stew into bowls and garnish with parsley and horseradish.

BEEF BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, brown meat in oil in batches. Remove and set aside. In the same pan, saute onion until crisp-tender. Add the broth, barley, seasonings and beef; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 hour. , Add carrots; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30-40 minutes or until meat and carrots are tender. Add parsley just before serving.

BARLEY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Season beef with salt and black pepper; coat with flour, shaking off excess.
• Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch oven or heavy pot; cook and stir beef until browned on all sides. Remove beef with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add onion, cabbage, celery, carrots, and garlic; cook and stir until carrots are softened and onion is translucent, about 10 minutes. Stir in mushrooms, rosemary, thyme, and barley. Return beef to Dutch oven and continue to cook and stir for 3 minutes.
• Stir water, beer, and beef bouillon into beef mixture; bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until beef and barley are tender, about 90 minutes. Add brown sugar and vinegar. Simmer, uncovered, for 10 to 15 minutes more.

METRIC JESTER'S LEFTOVER TURKEY

Steps:

• blend spices together in a small bowl.
• Put a big pot on medium high heat.
• toast the spice blend and rice together before putting everything into the pot.
• boil (or simmer) until rice is cooked, adding extra water as needed.
• Save the turkey and gravy for last, it's already cooked.

METRIC JESTER'S QUICK CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Chop carrot, celery, mushrooms and onion and stir fry in dutch oven.
• Wash and chop potatoes into bite size pieces.
• Bone and skin chicken, placing bones and skin in large saucepan on high with 4 cups water, tumeric and salt (makes a quick yellow broth).
• Chop chicken in large bite-sized pieces and add to frying veggies.
• When chicken is half cooked, add potatoes and continue to stir fry.
• When chicken is fully cooked, broth should be ready, strain broth into dutch oven retaining one cup to mix with flour.
• Add extra cup of broth mixed with flour to thicken.
• Bring to boil and simmer for 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender and broth is thick.

STEAMED BARLEY

Steps:

• Place barley and water in medium sauce pan, stirring once to even out barley.
• Heat uncovered on high until just boiling (about 5 minutes).
• Stir once more, cover and reduce to simmer for 20 to 30 minutes (do not over cook as barley will stick to anything!).
• Most importantly, toss barley to release steam and get air to every grain. This will keep it from sticking.
• Now you can use it instead of rice in almost any dish, and add a bit of fibre to your diet.
• NOTE: Barley can absorb even more liquid than this, so you can add it to soup, or make a gravy with it.

METRIC JESTER'S BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• toss beef cubes and muschroom slices with montreal steak spice, then coat with oil.
• Sear beef and mushrooms in dutch oven.
• add onions and stir fry until onions are just starting to get soft.
• add celery, carrots, and potatoes stir and wait 3-5 minutes for food to warm up.
• add beef stock (water) all at once if hot, or slowly if cold.
• add barley and spices and then stir until combined.
• simmer for up to 4 hours, but it's cooked after 1.
• If using a slow cooker: start with the barley and liquid, and then using the same pan, sear beef and add, brown mushrooms and add, fry onions, celery and carrots then add, de-glaze pan and top off with spices. cook for 6 to 8 hours.