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November 27, 2012 By Janice Pattie 6 Comments

Easy Chicken and Barley Broth

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Easy Chicken and Barley Broth is a classic country soup. The broth is ideally made with the bones of a chicken either fresh or the leftovers from a delicious roast chicken.  But if you don’t have a homemade chicken stock you can use a ready-made stock or stock cube. 

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Sunday is my day for making soup, then it lasts most of the week for a filling and delicious lunch. Chicken and Barley Broth is simple  to make and the soup is full of flavour.

With the kind of freezing weather we had yesterday, and the wind and rain before that, soups and stews are very welcome. to warm and fill you up.

 

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Large cup of soup

Chicken and Pearl Barley Broth

Janice Pattie
A classic country soup made from chicken, carrots and pearl barley. It is warming and filling and very easy to make.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Overnight soaking time for barley 12 hrs
Total Time 13 hrs 10 mins
Course Soup
Cuisine British
Servings 8

Ingredients
 

  • 1 onion peeled and roughly chopped
  • 6 medium carrots peeled and diced
  • 1 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 150 g pearl barley soaked overnight
  • 2 litres chicken stock
  • 1 tsp of fresh thyme leaves
  • 2 tbsp chopped parsley
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oil and cook the onion over a medium heat until starting to soften.
  • Add the carrots, barley and chicken stock.
  • Season with salt and pepper
  • Bring the broth to a boil, then simmer for about 45mins to 1 hour until the pearl barley is soft
  • Add the thyme and parsley (I didn't have any but it does add a lovely freshness to the soup) and check the seasoning.
  • If you have any pieces of chicken which you can add to the broth, it can easily be your main meal with some crusty bread.
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  1. Karen S Booth says

    November 27, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE pearl barley in ALL types of soups and stews, and this recipe looks a winner Janice!

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  2. Linzi_Barrow says

    November 27, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Lovely seasonal recipe, thanks for the entry 🙂

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  3. [email protected] says

    November 27, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    Good looking soup my friend. Pearl barley usually gets kind of forgotten in the vegetable love-in, but what a sturdy backbone to a wholesome Scottish soup. Complementary soluble fibre to the more insoluble fibre in veg too. Sorry, couldn't help myself…The f word.

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  4. belleau kitchen says

    November 27, 2012 at 8:36 pm

    is there anything more comforting than a bowl of warming chicken soup… love this, packed with flavour and perfect for the big freeze that's on it's way!

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  5. Janice says

    November 27, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    Funny, my MIL said the same about pearl barley and how we don't have it so often now. We used to make a great 'pot' barley, mushroom and paprika dish in our 70s wholefoodie days.
    Kellie – Love my wholefood carbs and fibre, no idea how people can live without them!

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  6. Gwen Kirkwood says

    November 28, 2012 at 5:06 pm

    Strange I just had veg soup with barley in today. Mostly I make my own and I'm rarely without in winter but my daughter has a farm ice cream parlour and serves soups etc so she brought me a dish. Love the barley bits. I write novels with a farming background. Went to Agric college in Lancs. http://www.gwenkirkwood.co.uk

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