Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Mushroom Barley Soup


Its supposed to be a cold one tomorrow so what better way than to warm up with some hot mushroom barley soup? If you haven’t noticed, I love making soup in the fall and winter and my body enjoyed refueling on this nutrient packed soup after two very hard workouts this week :)



-Soak ½ cup barley in water for an hour

-Chop and sauté 1 onion, 2 carrots, and 3 celery sticks in 2 tablespoons of butter in soup or crockpot until onions are translucent

-Add two tablespoons of minced garlic and 8 oz of assorted mushrooms and sauté veggies for another 3-5 minutes

-Add 1 ½ quarts of chicken broth 1 teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper, and ½ teaspoon of dry thyme

-Drain and add barley and simmer soup for 1 hour

-Ladle and add dill and parley to serve

You can add any assortment of mushrooms but I recommend adding shitake to your mix. I made this soup on Sunday night and had it as leftovers tonight. It was much better tonight because the shitake mushroom flavor was soaked up in the broth. I think this recipe proved to my beer enthusiast boyfriend that barley isn’t only for beer ;) Hope you all stay warm out there!


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