Chicken and Barley Soup
Ingredients
Food Safety
Before you start, wash all surfaces and your hands with soap and warm water, and remember to wash your hands, utensils and cutting boards after they touch raw meat or eggs. Avoid cross-contamination by using a different cutting board for your meat and other ingredients. Make sure you’re cooking to safe temperatures and chilling any leftovers within two hours. For more food safety tips, visit our Food Safety at Home Section.
Steps
Heat oil over medium-high heat in a large pot. Add ground chicken and cook until no longer pink inside. Add onion and garlic and reduce heat to medium. Cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Wash and slice mushrooms, carrot and celery. Mince the fresh thyme. Add to ground chicken and cook for 15 minutes or until the liquid has evaporated from the mushrooms.
Add tomato paste, vinegar, soy sauce, salt and pepper. Stir to coat vegetables. Add water and barley. Bring to a boil.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 45 minutes or until barley is tender.
Rinse canned beans, add to mixture and heat through.
Helpful Tip
Freeze remaining fresh thyme in a zip lock bag for use in other recipes. This hearty soup makes a quick one-bowl meal. Serve with multigrain crusty bread.
Nutrition Info
| Per 225 g serving | Amount |
|---|---|
| Calories | 160 |
| Protein | 10 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Fibre | 6 g |
| Sugar | 2 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Sodium | 410 mg |
| Per 225 g serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|
| Potassium | 10 |
| Calcium | 4 |
| Iron | 10 |
| Vitamin A | 2 |
| Vitamin C | 6 |
| Vitamin B6 | 8 |
| Vitamin B12 | 1 |
| Folate | 30 |
| Zinc | 10 |
