Vegetable Oxtail Soup

Total Time: 6 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 quarts beef stock
• 1 lb oxtail, sliced
• 2 large tomatoes, chopped
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 3/4 cup chopped onion
• 3/4 cup sliced carrot
• 3/4 cup diced parsnip
• 3/4 cup diced potato
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/3 cup quick-cooking barley
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 combine all ingredients except salt, pepper and barley in slow cooker; cover and cook on high for 6-8 hours, adding barley during last 30 minutes.
• 2 remove oxtails from soup. remove meat from bones and return to soup; discard bones and bay leaf. season to taste with salt and pepper.