slow cooker beef barley soup

Ingredients For slow cooker beef barley soup

• 2 lb

  blade steak aka chuck steak, cubed into bite-size pieces
• ground himalayan sea salt, as needed
• freshly ground black pepper, as needed (i always use mixed peppercorns)
• 1 1/2 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 1 1/2 c

  white onions, chopped
• 1 1/2 c

  carrots, sliced
• 1 1/2 c

  celery, sliced
• 2 lg

  cloves garlic, pressed
• 1 can

  (28 oz.) diced tomatoes with its liquid
• 2 Tbsp

  tomato paste
• 2 1/2 c

  low-sodium chicken broth
• 2 1/2 c

  low-sodium beef broth
• 1/4 c

  dry red wine
• 3/4 c

  pearled barley
• 1 Tbsp

  worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp

  dried rosemary
• 1 lg

  bay leaf