Easy Chicken and Barley Broth is a classic country soup. The broth is ideally made with the bones of a chicken either fresh or the leftovers from a delicious roast chicken. But if you don’t have a homemade chicken stock you can use a ready-made stock or stock cube.
Sunday is my day for making soup, then it lasts most of the week for a filling and delicious lunch. Chicken and Barley Broth is simple to make and the soup is full of flavour.
With the kind of freezing weather we had yesterday, and the wind and rain before that, soups and stews are very welcome. to warm and fill you up.
More Chicken Recipes from Farmersgirl Kitchen
Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie – an American classic made simple in the slow cooker
Slow Cooker Coconut Chicken Curry is a rich and creamy curry made easy with curry paste and coconut milk.
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Chicken and Pearl Barley Broth
Ingredients
- 1 onion peeled and roughly chopped
- 6 medium carrots peeled and diced
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- 150 grams pearl barley soaked overnight
- 2 litres chicken stock
- 1 teaspoon of fresh thyme leaves
- 2 tablespoon chopped parsley
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil and cook the onion over a medium heat until starting to soften.
- Add the carrots, barley and chicken stock.
- Season with salt and pepper
- Bring the broth to a boil, then simmer for about 45mins to 1 hour until the pearl barley is soft
- Add the thyme and parsley (I didn't have any but it does add a lovely freshness to the soup) and check the seasoning.
- If you have any pieces of chicken which you can add to the broth, it can easily be your main meal with some crusty bread.
Karen S Booth says
I LOVE LOVE LOVE pearl barley in ALL types of soups and stews, and this recipe looks a winner Janice!
Linzi_Barrow says
Lovely seasonal recipe, thanks for the entry 🙂
kellie@foodtoglow says
Good looking soup my friend. Pearl barley usually gets kind of forgotten in the vegetable love-in, but what a sturdy backbone to a wholesome Scottish soup. Complementary soluble fibre to the more insoluble fibre in veg too. Sorry, couldn't help myself…The f word.
belleau kitchen says
is there anything more comforting than a bowl of warming chicken soup… love this, packed with flavour and perfect for the big freeze that's on it's way!
Janice says
Funny, my MIL said the same about pearl barley and how we don't have it so often now. We used to make a great 'pot' barley, mushroom and paprika dish in our 70s wholefoodie days.
Kellie – Love my wholefood carbs and fibre, no idea how people can live without them!
Gwen Kirkwood says
Strange I just had veg soup with barley in today. Mostly I make my own and I'm rarely without in winter but my daughter has a farm ice cream parlour and serves soups etc so she brought me a dish. Love the barley bits. I write novels with a farming background. Went to Agric college in Lancs. http://www.gwenkirkwood.co.uk