How to make barley soup with mushrooms. I like this soup because you can do it all in one pot. To make barley soup with mushrooms is really easy.
Ingredients
3 garlic cloves(minced)
1 onion(chopped)
1/2 red bell pepper(diced)
8 mushrooms(chopped)
3slices of bacon(chopped)
1 zucchini(diced)
3fresh tomatoes(diced)
2tspsalt
1tspground pepper
1/2cupbarley(soaked or pre-cooked)
7cups water
1tbspvegetable oil
Instructions
The first thing you need to have soaked your barley the night before. By doing that your barley will take less time to cook. However, if you did not soak the barley, just bring to boiled a pot of water, add the barley and cook the barley for about 45 minutes.
Fry the bacon for about 5 minutes and then add the onions. You may need to add a little bit of oil to continue frying all the rest of the ingredients.
Add salt and pepper into the pot.
Add the minced garlic and keep stirring.
Add the mushrooms and fry for about 5 more minutes or until you get a nice color from the mushrooms.
At this point, you can add the diced bell peppers.
Now you can add the zucchini and the tomatoes and mix them with the rest of the ingredients.
Add the pre-soaked or pre-cook barley to the pot and cover all the vegetables and the barley with the water. Cook on a medium fire for 35 minutes. In the end, to make sure the barley is soft and tender just take a small teaspoon of the barley to test the tenderness of the barley.
Serve it with a little sprinkle of parmesan cheese for a little zing and your favorite bread. Enjoy!