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Meatball and pearl barley stew
Photo: Kevin McCutcheon

Meatball and pearl barley stew

13 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Pearl barley is a grain that’s often overlooked, but in this meatball stew it gives texture and bulks out the quantities to bring down costs.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

641
Calories
32g
Protein
30g
Fat
63g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Beef 100g cooked 250
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion
  • 4 carrots
  • 1 garlic
  • 1 litre/1¾ pints beef stockstock
  • ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
  • 175g/6oz pearl barley
  • and saltblack pepper
  • 400g/14oz beef mince
  • 1 onion
  • 1 garlic
  • ½ tsp dried mixed herbs
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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