Homemade Chicken Barley Soup
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- Number of Servings: 6
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil1 cup sliced and peeled carrots1 cup chopped onions1 cup celery, sliced1 cup mushrooms, sliced6 cloves of chopped garlic3 half chicken breasts, skin off and cut into small pieces1 tbsp Herbs de Provence6-8 cups chicken stock or broth3/4 cup uncooked barleysalt and pepper to taste
In a large cooking pot, heat 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add sliced carrots and mushrooms, chopped onion and diced celery and saute for about 2 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute more. Add chicken and saute until almost cooked through. Add pepper to taste. Add 1 tbsp Herbs de Provence and saute for 1 minute. When vegetables are tender and chicken is cooked through, add 6-8 cups of chicken stock and 3/4 cup of uncooked barley and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook until barley is tender, about 45 minutes. Serve with warm french bread. Yum!
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FORSIXTIES.
Number of Servings: 6
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FORSIXTIES.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 215.9
- Total Fat: 5.9 g
- Cholesterol: 36.7 mg
- Sodium: 1,644.6 mg
- Total Carbs: 13.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 2.4 g
- Protein: 26.4 g
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