Best Quick Barley Recipes

QUICK EASY CHICKEN BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth to a boil in a large pot. Stir chicken, celery, carrots, onion, barley, rice, salt, and pepper into broth. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook until chicken and rice are cooked through, about 20 minutes. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

QUICK MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add mushrooms, carrot and onion; cook and stir 5-6 minutes or until tender. Add water and barley. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 12-15 minutes or until barley is tender., In a small bowl, mix flour, milk, salt and pepper until smooth; stir into soup. Return to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir 1-2 minutes or until thickened.

QUICK BARLEY PILAF

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan over low-medium heat. Saute onion in oil.
• Add raisins, coconut and nuts. Let coconut and nuts toast a bit.
• Stir in Chicken broth and salt. Bring to a boil.
• Add barley and cook 10-12 minutes or until it has absorbed almost all of the liquid.
• Serve.

QUICK BEEF & BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Sprinkle steak with 1/4t. pepper. Heat 2t oil in a dutch oven over medium heat. Add the steak and cook, stirring often, until browned on all sides. Transfer to a bowl.
• Add the remaining 2t oil, onion and celery to the pot and cook, stirring, until beginning to soften, about 2 minutes.
• Add carrot and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes more.
• Add the tomato paste, and thyme and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are coated with tomato paste and are beginning to brown, 1-2 minutes.
• Add barley, broth, water, salt and the remaining 1/4t pepper; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer; cook until the barley is tender, about 15 minutes more.
• Return the beef and any accumulated juice to the pot and heat through, 1-2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vinegar to taste.

QUICK MUSHROOM BARLEY PILAF WW

Steps:

• Bring broth to a boil in a saucepan; add barley. Simmer, covered, 12 minutes.
• Spray a skillet with nonstick spray and set over medium-high heat.
• Add 2 cups sliced mushrooms and cook until tender.
• Add the barley and soy sauce.

QUICK BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine the beef stock, garlic and vegetables. scallion, bay leaf, pepper and barley.
• Simmer until barley is tender, about 15 minutes.

QUICK CHICKEN AND BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• Bring barley and broth to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
• While barley cooks, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over med-high. Add onion, and saute 3 minutes. Add mixed veggies and cook 2 minutes. Add veggie mixture, chicken, salt, pepper and thyme to barley mixture, simmer 5 minutes.

QUICK CHICKEN AND BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• Step 1
• Cook bacon in a large Dutch oven over medium until crisp, about 6 minutes, turning once. Transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels, reserving drippings in Dutch oven. Crumble bacon, and set aside.
• Step 2
• Add olive oil to drippings in Dutch oven; increase heat to medium-high. Add yellow onion, carrots, and celery; cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in garlic, kosher salt, and pepper, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Step 3
• Add chicken and broth to Dutch oven. Cook on medium-high until broth begins to boil, about 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in barley, and cook until chicken is cooked through and a thermometer inserted in the thickest portion reads 165°F, about 8 to 10 minutes more. Remove chicken, shred into large pieces, and return to Dutch oven. Add spinach, and stir until wilted, about 1 minute. Stir in parsley; top each serving with crumbled bacon.

QUICK BARLEY

Steps:

• 1. Simmer ingredients, covered, 10-12 minutes, then let stand 5 minutes.