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Chicken Barley Soup

Ingredients

  • 2 - 3 lb broiler-fryer chicken
  • 2 quarts water1 
  • 1/2 cups diced carrots
  • 1 cup diced celery
  • 1/2 cup pot barley or barley flakes
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1 chicken bouillon cube (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp dried sage
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp pepper

Directions

  1. In a large kettle, cook chicken in water until tender. 
  2. Cool broth and skim off fat. 
  3. Bone the chicken and cut into bite-size pieces; return to kettle along with remaining ingredients. 
  4. Simmer, covered, for at least 1 hour or until vegetables and barley are tender. 
  5. Remove bay leaf and adjust seasoning. 

Makes about 6 cups of soup.

  
         

 
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