Chicken Mushroom Barley Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 leek
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1/2 cup fresh rosemary (you will be amazed how much flavor it adds wait till you taste it) or 1/4 chopped rosemary (you will be amazed how much flavor it adds wait till you taste it)
• olive oil
• 1/2 cup wine
• 3 quarts chicken broth
• 1 1/2 lbs button mushrooms
• 1/2 cup pearl barley
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts
• pepper
• 1 sprig thyme
• bay leaf
• 2 cups chopped carrots
• 1 cup chopped celery

Recipe

• 1 mince garlic; slice leek longways then chop.
• 2 place a standard dutch oven(or soup pot if you don't have a dutch oven) on the stove top.
• 3 add a splash of olive oil, garlic, leek, onion and rosemary and saute over medium high heat for several minutes.
• 4 add wine and stir gently for one minute.
• 5 add chicken broth, mushrooms, bay leaves, carrots, celery,and barley and increase heat slightly. stir occasionally until mixture comes to a boil. reduce heat to simmer.
• 6 chop chicken into strips. add a splash of olive oil to a frying pan and brown chicken on both sides. while chicken is cooking, season with pepper & thyme.
• 7 add chicken to soup mixture. again bring mixture to a boil. after it reaches the boiling stage, reduce heat to simmer and partially cover.
• 8 cook approximately 30 minutes (stirring occasionally) to insure chicken is cooked through.