Hearty Mushroom Barley Soup Recipes

Steps:

• Place the dried mushrooms in a medium bowl and cover with the boiling water. Let soak until well hydrated and softened, about 15 minutes. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, reserving the liquid. Roughly chop the porcini and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the carrots, onion, cremini mushrooms if using, 1/4 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until all vegetables are tender and mushrooms are golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Add the garlic, 1 tablespoon of the vinegar and the tomato paste to the pot, then continue to cook, scraping up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Sprinkle the flour and thyme evenly over the vegetables and cook, stirring, until flour is dissolved and no longer raw, about 1 minute. Stir in the barley, broth, reserved mushroom liquid and porcini, 1/2 teaspoon salt and several grinds of pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover slightly and cook until the barley is tender and the soup has thickened and reduced slightly, 30 to 35 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper. Stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar and ladle into 4 bowls. Dollop with sour cream, sprinkle with parsley and serve with a slice of bread, for dipping.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic; cook and stir until onions are tender and transparent. Stir in mushrooms and continue to cook for a few minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and add barley. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until barley is tender, about 50 minutes. Season with salt and pepper before serving.

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or stockpot, cook meat in oil over medium heat until no longer pink. Remove meat with a slotted spoon; keep warm and set aside. , Saute onions, carrots and celery in drippings over medium heat until tender, about 5 minutes. Add mushrooms, garlic and thyme; cook and stir 3 minutes. Stir in broths, water, barley, salt if desired and pepper. , Return meat to pan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until barley and meat are tender. Add parsley.

Steps:

• Heat dutch oven or large saucepan over medium-high heat until hot.
• Coat with nonstick cooking spray.
• Add oil and tilt pan to coat bottom pan.
• Add yellow onions; cook 8 minutes or until just begining to turn golden.
• Add carrots and cook 2 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, chicken broth, cream of mushroom soup, barley; worcestershire sauce and thyme; bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce to medium-low; cover and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in green onions, salt and pepper.

Steps:

• 1. RINSE BARLEY N PUT IN A LARGE POT....COVER WITH A CUP OF BEEF BROTH N BRING TO A BOIL THEN PUT ON SIMMER FOR ABOUT A HALF HOUR JUST UNTIL BARLEY BECOMES TENDER.
• 2. IN A SEPERATE PAN MELT BUTTER N BROWN MUSHROOMS A BIT...ONLY TURN ONCE ABOUT 4 MINUTES TOTAL. REMOVE MUSHROOMS N SET ASIDE. NOW PUT ONE TBLSPN OF OLIVE OIL IN PAN N SAUTÉ ONIONS JUST UNTIL SOFTND.
• 3. TO THE SIMMERN BARLEY ADD POTATOES, CELERY, CARROTS, MUSHROOMS N ONIONS. NEXT ADD REMAINN BEEF BROTH COVER N SIMMER FOR 40 MINUTES....ENJOY :)
• 4. BETTER SECOND DAY....IF THERE R ANY LEFTOVERS! IF BROTH HAS BEEN ABSORBD BY BARLEY JUST ADD MORE BROTH N HEAT N EAT ;) ADJUST SEASONN WITH S n P

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, combine the flour, salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Add beef and turn to coat. In a Dutch oven, brown beef in oil over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink. Remove beef and set aside., In the same pan, saute mushrooms until tender. Add the broth, carrots, garlic powder, thyme and remaining pepper; bring to a boil. Add barley and beef. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes or until the meat, vegetables and barley are tender.