chicken barley soup
Easy and quick this delicious Chicken Barley Soup combines, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, green beans and chicken in a lightly seasoned broth. Rotisserie chicken helps this soup come together in short order.
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yield
10 serving(s)
prep time
10 Min
cook time
50 Min
method
Stove Top
Ingredients For chicken barley soup
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2 Tbspolive oil
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2large carrots peeled and chopped (see notes)
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2large stalks of celery chopped
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1medium sweet onion chopped
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2 cgreen beans trimmed and cut in 3/4 inch segments
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2 clovegarlic minced
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1/2 tsppoultry seasoning
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6 clow sodium chicken broth
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2bay leaves
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3/4 cmedium pearl barley (not the quick cooking)
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2 1/2 ccooked chicken cut in small bite size pieces
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salt and pepper to taste
How To Make chicken barley soup
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1Heat olive oil in heavy stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add carrots, celery, onions and green beans; cook for 3-4 minutes stirring several times. In the last 30 seconds of cooking add the garlic and poultry seasoning; stir continuously. Add chicken broth and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer.
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2Add the barley, cover and cook for 35-40. Uncover the pot and add the rotisserie chicken cooking for an additional 5 minutes or until the barley is tender and chicken is warm. Remove the bay leaves. Add salt and pepper to taste.
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3NOTES You do not have to peel your carrots however peeling them does make the soup look tastier.
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