Beef Barley Soup

Ingredients

• beef shank cross cuts

  cut 1 inch thick
  3 pounds
• vegetable oil
  1 tablespoon
• onion

  chopped
  1 medium
• chopped carrot
  ½ cup
• chopped celery with leaves
  ½ cup
• garlic

  minced
  3 cloves
• water
  5 cups
• salt
  1½ teaspoons
• dried thyme leaves
  1½ teaspoons
• pepper
  ½ teaspoon
• bay leaf
  1 unit
• medium pearl barley
  ⅓ cup
• (9 ounces) frozen French-cut green beans
  1 package