Stew With Herbs and Barley
photo by JustJanS
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 -3 2 -3 lbs stewing veal or 2 -3 lbs chicken parts
- 1 lb leek, washed trimmed and thickly sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped finely
- 6 ounces barley
- 3 3⁄4 cups water
- 3 -4 tablespoons red wine vinegar or 3 -4 tablespoons white wine vinegar
- 2 bay leaves
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 15 fresh sage leaves, roughly chopped or 1 tablespoon dried sage
directions
- Melt the butter in a heavy pan and fry the meat with the leeks and garlic till the vegetables are slightly softened and the meat lightly browned.
- Add the barley, water, vinegar, bay leaves and seasoning. Bring the pot to the boil, cover it and simmer gently for 1 - 1 1/2 hours or till the meat is really tender and ready to fall from the bone.
- Add the sage and continue to cook for several minutes. Adjust the seasoning to taste and serve in bowls.
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Well, DrGaellon, this FAR exceeded my expectations. I picked the recipe because we've been eating a bit of barley lately, but thought that it ( the recipe) was a little simple. Boy was I wrong-it is simple but so delicious. We are lucky to have family on a farm, who shoot, and keep us in plenty of wild rabbit, so we eat lots in lots of ways. I said it was really good while Russ said it was one of the best, we've eaten. I halved the butter, seasoned the rabbit in the beginning, threw in a few sprigs of fresh thyme as the dish cooked, then halved the fresh sage at the end, otherwise followed the recipe. Thanks so much for posting. Not a very photogenic recipe, but delicious none the less!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
DrGaellon
New Rochelle, 0
I'm a 48 y/o gay Jewish man in the suburbs immediately north of New York City. I'm a general internist, practicing and teaching at a medical college north of NYC. I also earned a Masters in Public Health degree in 2013.
After a Walt Disney World trip in Dec 2006 where I had to rent an electric scooter because I couldn't manage the walking, I decided to have gastric bypass surgery, which was done Feb 28, 2007. I lost 160 lbs (though I've gained back about 60 of that since). I can't eat as much as I used to, so I want every bite to be extra good!