Baked Barley With Shiitake Mushrooms and Caramelized Onions

Submitted by dicentra

"Cooking Light."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 29.58 ml butter
• 1064.65 ml chopped onions (about 3 medium)
• 4.92 ml sugar
• 709.77 ml sliced button mushrooms (about 9 ounces)
• 709.77 ml sliced shiitake mushroom caps (about 8 ounces)
• 354.88 ml uncooked pearl barley
• 14.79 ml low sodium soy sauce
• 1.23 ml salt
• 1.23 ml black pepper
• 0.61 ml dried thyme
• 946.36 ml vegetable broth
• fresh thyme sprig (optional)

directions

1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and sugar; cover and cook 25 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently.
2. Add mushrooms; cook 10 minutes or until browned, stirring frequently. Add barley; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently.
3. Remove from heat. Stir in soy sauce, salt, pepper, and thyme.
4. Preheat oven to 350°.
5. Bring broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Pour broth over barley mixture; cover and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until barley is tender.
6. Let stand 10 minutes. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

Reviews

[snezhka]

rather bland. need to work on spices and seasonings. I stirred in some Creamy Garlic Sauce and then kids ate it.