Free Recipe Hearty Double Mushroom and Barley Soup

Recipe Type: E Recipes
Recipe Preparation: stir
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Recipe Serves: 8

Ingredients for Hearty Double Mushroom and Barley Soup Recipe

1 c Pearl barley
4 tb Becel
2 tb Canola oil
1 lg Onion; coarsely diced
1 tb Sugar
1-1/2 lb Mushrooms; thinly sliced
6 lg Carrots; diced
1 oz Dried mushrooms; * see note
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Coarsely ground pepper
8 c Chicken stock; or beef
6 tb Fresh dill; snipped
3 tb Lemon juice
1 c Nonfat sour cream
2 tb Fresh chives; snipped

Hearty Double Mushroom and Barley Soup Preparation

Place barley in a bowl and cover with simmering water for 30 mins. and drain. In a lage soup pot , heat butter and oil over med/high heat. Add the onion and saute for 5-6 mins. until translucent. Add the sugar and saute 2 mins. to carmelize slightly. Add the fresh mushrooms and carrots and sute 8-10 mins. longer, stirring until the mushrroms are slightly golden. Add the soaked dried mushrooms with their soaking liquid, the drained barley, salt, pepper and stock. Bring the mixture to a simmer, add 4 tablespoons of dill, partially cover the pot and simmer over med/low heat for 1 1/2 hours. Add the lemon juice, stir in the remaining dill and taste. Correct seasoning if needed. Simmer 5 mins. Ladle into deep soup bowls. Top each serving with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of chives. Pass the pepper grinder. NOTES : * soak dried mushrooms in warm water for 30 mins. then snip with scissors. Recipe by: The Easy Gourmet/Safeway Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Carol & Bob Floyd <c.floyd@arnprior.com> on Mar 16, 1998

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