Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients:
- Large red potatoes (2-1/2 lbs)
- Yellow onions (2)
- Cubed stew beef (2-1/2 lbs)
- Marrow bones (2)
- Dried beans of choice (e.g. cannellini) (1 cup)
- Pearled barley (1/2 cup)
- Garlic (3 cloves)
- Black pepper (1/2 tsp)
- Chicken broth (1 qt)
- Salt (1 tbsp)
- Paprika (1-1/2 tsp)
- Turmeric (1-1/2 tsp)
- Cumin (1 tsp)
- Cayenne (1/4 tsp)
Directions:
- Place beans in a pot or saucepan and cover with water by several inches.
- Boil beans for 10 minutes, then continue soaking in cooking water for 1 hour.
- Rinse beans and barley. Peel and halve potatoes. Chop onions. Peel garlic.
- Layer potatoes, onions, and beef in slow cooker.
- Tuck marrow bones and garlic into beef.
- Sprinkle with beans, barley, and pepper.
- Whisk together chicken broth, salt, paprika, turmeric, cumin, and cayenne.
- Pour broth mixture into slow cooker. Add water until meat and beans are just covered.
- Cook on low for 14 hours.
- Discard marrow bones.