A big soup hug
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 4
This soup is the best thing about growing up in Northern Ireland
Ingredients
- Beef Shin with bone
- 1 large leek
- 2 Carrots
- 3 Sticks Celery
- 2 Potatoes
- 500mls Vegetable (or beef if you prefer) stock
- 2 handfuls barley soup mix
- Water to top off
- Knob of butter
- 1 tsp coriander, salt and pepper
Method
- STEP 1Melt the butter in a big pot and brown the meat on either side for a minute. Remove from the heat and add the barley soup mix.
- STEP 2Add the chopped leek, carrots, celery and potatoes
- STEP 3Add the vegetable stock and top off with water to cover the ingredients
- STEP 4Add the coriander, salt and pepper
- STEP 5Bring to the boil then simmer for two hours stirring every ten mins
- STEP 6Remove the beef, pull apart with 2 forks and add back to the soup
- STEP 7Serve with crusty bread and a glass of milk
