Roast Chicken & Barley Pilaf

Submitted by VickiAk

"A great meal, serve with steamed broccoli."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• Chicken

• 1 (4 lb) whole chickens
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
• 12 sprigs fresh herbs, such as rosemary, sage, oregano
• 1 cup chicken broth

• Barley Pilaf

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1⁄2 cup diced onion
• 1⁄2 cup diced carrot
• 4 ounces sliced mushrooms
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup barley
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg

directions

1. Roast chicken: heat oven to 450°F.
2. Gently lift skin from breast and legs and season with salt and pepper: place some sliced garlic and fresh herbs under skin. Place remaining garlic and herbs in the cavity of the chicken.
3. Place chicken on a rack in a large roasting pan. Pour chicken broth into the bottom of the pan. roast for 50 to 60 minutes.
4. Make Barley Pilaf: Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, over medium heat oil. Add onion, carrot and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes. Add broth, barley, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Reduce heat to medium, cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender. Stirring occasionally. Add a few tablespoons water if mixture becomes too dry.
5. Allow chicken to rest for 10 minutes. Remove skin, slice and serve with pilaf.

Reviews

[Southern Polar Bear]

Delicious! My family enjoyed this recipe very much. Made for Spring PAC 2010.

 

[Outta Here]

Excellent dinner combination. The recipe doesn't state if it is instant barley or not, but i assumed with the small amount of liquid and quick cook time, it was. I used regular barley and doubled the amount of broth and simmered for 1 hour until it was done. Nice change from rice. The chicken had so much flavor and so simple to do. Made for Fall 2009 PAC.

 

[jennifer_cda_id]

Very good! I didn't hear a single complaint at the dinner table (and this is very rare with 4 kids, two being teens!) I did make a few substitutions, only because I did not have the ingredients. Instead of fresh herbs, I put dried rosemary, oregano, thyme, marjoram and sage in a bowl with a little olive oil with the sliced garlic before rubbing under and over the skin. Also, instead of barley I used brown rice, it turned out very good. Thanks for the great recipe! I will definitely be making this again!