Scarborough Fair Chicken Barley Soup
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- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 whole rotisserie-cooked chicken, skinned, removed from bone and cut into small pieces
- 6 quarts water
- chicken bouillon, according to package directions (I use paste style, as it's less salty than cubes)
- 6 carrots, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
- 4 celery ribs, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 1⁄2 cups pearl barley
- 2 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 teaspoons fresh sage, chopped
- 2 teaspoons fresh rosemary, chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
directions
- Bring water and bouillon to a boil, add all other ingredients and simmer for 50-60 minutes or until barley is tender.
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Reviews
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Made and reviewed for Spring PAC. . . This soup is simple and lovely. . .I am a HUGE soup fan and this was a nice change to my standard chicken noodle soup recipe. I threw a whole chicken in the crockpot with the onions, carrots, celery, 2 cups broth and 1/2 cup wine yesterday; cooked on low for 8 hours. Then today, I simply boiled the barley in the broth with the herbs (used dried) for 45 minutes, throwing in the veggies and chicken for the last 15 minutes only. This is a great soup to freeze since the barley will hold up well to reheating! Thanks!
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I'm married to a wonderful man who serves in the US Navy and am Mommy to a precious little one. I have only come to enjoy cooking in the past 2 or 3 years, but it has become one of my favorite activities. I'm currently working on creating a one month menu without repeats, all receiving 5-star ratings from my husband. I'm just beyond the halfway point, and hope to find success in this little venture soon. My husband and I enjoy eating in more often than out, but I do enjoy attempting to re-create our favorite meals from restaurants we discover on vacations, which must always include SCUBA, skiing or some other outdoor sport.