Slow Cooker Chicken Barley Soup

This is a wonderful Barley soup made in the Slow cooker, but using the microwave to have in ready in 3 hours. Feel free to add any other vegetables that are available. As you can see no need for oil or butter.

• Ready In: 3 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 8

Ingredients

• 1  medium onion, chopped
• 4  celery ribs, chopped
• 3  carrots, peeled chopped
• 2  minced garlic cloves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2  cups  chopped mushrooms
• 1  cup  cooked chicken breast, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup pearl barley, picked over and rinsed
• 8  cups chicken broth

Directions

1. Heat the chicken broth and pour into slow cooker.
2. Place chopped vegetables; onions, garlic, celery and carrots in microwave container; microwave 5 minutes.
3. Spoon into Slow cooker and cook on High for 2 hours,.
4. Heat up mushrooms in microwave.
5. Add rinsed barley,chicken and mushrooms, salt and pepper to the Slow Cooker.
6. On high cook another hour.
7. Serve with crackers.