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Easy Barley with Mushrooms Recipe
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Easy Barley with Mushrooms Recipe

10 ingredients 8 openrecipes

This is home-cooked comfort food at it's best. the mushrooms make it meaty and the barley is so yummy. We have had it every year at our Thanksgiving meal for...

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

680
Calories
39g
Protein
30g
Fat
66g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Barley 1 cup cooked (157g) 193
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Vegetable 1 tbsp (14g) 120
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Carrot 1 medium (61g) 25
Mushroom 1/2 cup sliced (35g) 15
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Thyme 1 tsp dried (1.4g) 4
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 medium onions, diced
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 rib celery, chopped
  • 3/4 lbs (approx 4.5 cups) of mushrooms (portobellos, crimini, button, shitake - whatever you prefer), sliced
  • 1.5 cups pearl barley
  • 3/4 tsp. salt (more to taste after cooking)
  • Black pepper to taste
  • 4.5 cups of hot vegetable or chicken stock
  • 3/4 tsp dried thyme (optional)

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By chow · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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