Super Easy Slow-cooker Vegetable Barley Beef Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 quart water
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon pineapple juice
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1/2 ounce beef base
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 16 ounces frozen mixed vegetables
• 6 ounces pearl barley
• 16 ounces stewing beef (diced)

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the tomato paste in the water.
• 2 add the pineapple juice, soy sauce and beef base.
• 3 if you do not have beef base, you may substitute 1 tsp salt, 3/4 tsp msg, and 1 more tbsp soy sauce.
• 4 add the remaining ingredients to the slow cooker, stir until evenly dispersed (the barley will sink).
• 5 heat on high until the beef is fully cooked.
• 6 lower heat to the low setting, and let it sit for two hours or longer.