Hearty Mushroom Barley Soupmade Easy Recipes

VERY EASY MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

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.

HEALTHY DRIED MUSHROOM AND BARLEY SOUP

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.

BEEFY MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Brown small cubes of stew meat in vegetable oil over medium heat until juices become a rich brown color. Add 2 cups water, and simmer meat while preparing the vegetables.
• In a large soup pot, melt butter or margarine over medium heat. Saute carrots, onion, garlic, celery, and mushrooms.
• Add meat, 6 cups water, bouillon cubes, and barley to vegetable mixture. Cook until barley is soft, about 1 hour. Adjust liquid and seasoning as desired. Remove from heat, and stir in sour cream. Serve immediately.

MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

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.

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.

HEARTY MUSHROOM-BEEF-BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Cook and stir bacon in Dutch oven or stockpot on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 2 Tbsp. drippings from pan.
• Add mushrooms to drippings in pan; cook on medium-high heat 5 min. or until mushrooms start to release their liquid. Simmer on low heat 15 min. or until mushrooms are golden brown and all liquid is cooked off.
• Add dressing, A.1., beef, onions and carrots; cook and stir 5 min. or until onions are crisp-tender, adding garlic for the last minute.
• Stir in water, broth, barley and bacon. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on low heat 50 min. or until barley is tender.

HEARTY MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

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.

CHUNKY MUSHROOM BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot. Add mushrooms and onions and cook stirring for about 8 Minutes.
• Reduce heat to low. Stir in the flour.
• Add the broth in a steady stream, mixing continuously to blend with the flour.
• Add Barley, Bay Leaf and simmer on low, covered, for 30-40 minutes until the barley is cooked.
• Discard bayleaf and season to taste.

MUSHROOM-BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Combine stock and barley in large pot. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer until barley is tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add onions; sauté 5 minutes. Add fresh mushrooms; sauté until brown, about 5 minutes. Mix in garlic. Add sautéed mushroom mixture, dried mushrooms, celery, carrot and parsnip to soup. Simmer until dried mushrooms and parsnip are tender, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool slightly. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover and chill. Bring to simmer before serving.)