Ingredients

  • 3 lb. chuck roast
  • 2 pkg. dried onion soup mix
  • 1 qt. tomato juice
  • 3 c. sliced carrots
  • 3 c. diced celery
  • 1 large can College Inn beef broth
  • 1 small can baby lima beans
  • 2 cans corn
  • 2 qt. green beans
  • 1/2 head cabbage
  • 1 (2 lb.) pkg. frozen peas
  • 1/2 c. barley

Method

  • Place chuck roast in a crock-pot.
  • Cover with water.
  • Add soup mix and tomato juice.
  • Let cook all day or night.
  • Remove meat from broth and cool.
  • Remove any fat from top of broth.
  • Place broth in roaster or large soup pot.
  • Add barley, carrots, celery and beef broth.
  • Simmer slowly until carrots are slightly tender. Add lima beans, corn and green beans.
  • Let cook a while and add cabbage, cut fine.
  • When that is tender, add peas.
  • Then add the meat that has been trimmed of any fat and cut into small pieces. Simmer.