Hearty Barley Bake Food

BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, celery and onions in butter until tender. Add barley; cook and stir until barley is golden brown, about 6-7 minutes., In a greased 2-qt. baking dish, combine barley mixture, 1 cup broth and parsley. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes., Uncover; stir in almonds and remaining broth. Bake 45-50 minutes longer or until barley is tender.

BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Stir in onion, barley, and pine nuts. Cook and stir until barley is lightly browned. Mix in green onions, mushrooms, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer the mixture to a 2 quart casserole dish, and stir in the vegetable broth.
• Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until liquid has been absorbed and barley is tender.

HEARTY LAMB & BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Season the lamb, then fry for a few mins until browned. Add the onion and barley, then gently fry for 1 min. Add the veg, cook for 2 more mins, then add the Worcestershire sauce, stock and thyme. Cover, then simmer for 20 mins.
• When everything is cooked, spoon about a quarter of the soup into a separate pan. Purée with a stick blender (or put into a normal blender and whizz), then stir it back into the rest of the soup. Add the green beans, simmer for 3 mins, then ladle the soup into bowls and serve with granary bread.

DELICIOUS BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring the barley and chicken broth to a boil in a saucepan over high heat. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until the barley is tender, about 30 minutes.
• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the celery, carrots, garlic, and onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the mushrooms, zucchini, green beans, and broccoli. Continue cooking and stirring until the broccoli is tender, about 5 minutes more. Remove skillet from heat.
• Combine cream cheese, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, Locatella cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, nutmeg, oregano, basil, and thyme in a large bowl, mixing until smooth. Stir in the prepared barley, peas, corn, roasted red peppers, spinach, and shredded chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Spread mixture into a large baking dish and top with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly, and cheese has melted, 20 to 30 minutes.

CHICKEN MUSHROOM BARLEY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425º F.
• Cut the chicken into bite size pieces, slice the mushrooms, rinse the barley, dice the bacon and onion, measure out chicken broth.
• In a skillet or dutch oven heat the bacon over medium heat. Cook for about 4 minutues.
• If there is too much fat, you can soak some up with a paper towel. Add the onion and cook for about 3 minutes to soften.
• Add the diced chicken, and cook for about 4 minutes so meat is no longer pink.
• Toss in the sliced mushrooms and cook for about 4 minutes so they start to cook down and release liquid.
• Remove the pan from the heat.
• If you have used a dutch oven, you can continue with the recipe in the same pot. If you have used a skillet, prepare a casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Add the rinsed barley, chicken broth and seasonings to the cooked ingredients. Combine and place in the casserole dish, or leave in the dutch oven.
• Cover and place in the oven. Bake for about 1 hour.
• Remove from oven, dish into bowls and garnish.

HEARTY BUTTERNUT SQUASH BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add the ground chicken and cook breaking into small pieces with the back of a wooden spoon.
• Once the chicken is cooked through, add the chicken stock, water, green and yellow split peas and barley. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and cook for about 20 to 25 minutes until the split peas start to soften.
• In the meantime, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet. Add the leeks and cook stirring constantly for about 4 to 6 minutes until the leeks start to caramelize. Add the celery, yellow and red bell peppers, carrots and butternut squash and cook stirring occasionally for a couple of minutes, until the veggies start to soften.
• Transfer the veggies into the soup. Season with garlic powder, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Cover and let it cook for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the vegetables are cooked through.
• Add the parsley and turn off the heat.

HEARTY OAT AND BARLEY BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and line a 9-inch square pan with parchment paper so the paper hangs over the sides of the pan.
• In a bowl, toss together oats, barley flakes, coconut cranberries and seeds. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine peanut butter, brown sugar, butter, vanillla and cinnamon and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Pour melted mixture over dry mixture and stir together. Blend in egg and spread mixture into pan, patting down evenly.
• Bake for 30 minutes and then let cool for 20 minutes. Cut into bars and store in an airtight container.

HEARTY BEEF AND BARLEY STEW

Steps:

• In crock pot layer carrots, mushrooms, and beef.
• Combine soup mix, broth, Worcestershire, tomatoes, water, and barley, pour over beef.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours or on HIGH for 4 to 6 hours.
• Stir in peas and cook, covered 5 minutes or until heated through.
• Season if desired with salt and pepper.
• I serve this with a crusty bread.

BARLEY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Slice the mushroom caps and chop the stems. Heat the butter in a skillet and add the chopped onion. Cook for 3 or 4 minutes and add the mushrooms. Cook another 4 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the barley and brown it lightly, mixing it well with the onions and mushrooms. Season to taste with salt and pepper and pour into a buttered casserole. Add enough boiling broth to cover the mixture and come 1/2" above it. Cover the casserole tightly and bake in a 350°F. oven for 25 minutes. Taste the barley for doneness. Add more broth, if necessary, and continue cooking until the liquid is absorbed and the barley tender. Serve as an accompaniment to duck, game, goose, squab and other kinds of poultry - wherever you would use wild rice.
• Variations
• Add finely slivered buttered almonds to the barley just before serving.
• Cook chicken gizzards in a well-seasoned broth and use the broth to cook the barley. Add the thinly sliced gizzards at the last minute.
• Add sautéd chicken livers and some chopped fresh parsley to the barley casserole just before serving.
• Substitute 1/2 cup finely chopped green onions for the onion and add 1/4 cup finely chopped celery and 3/4 cup thinly sliced water chestnuts. Season the broth with a few dashes of soy sauce. Serve this oriental version of barley casserole topped with a sprinkling of chopped parsley.

HEARTY BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, carrots and onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Transfer to a large bowl.
• 2. In same skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add to mushroom mixture. Stir in the barley, corn, spinach, onions, savory, thyme, marjoram.
• 3. Transfer to a greased shallow baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 for 40 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, 5 min longer or until cheese is melted

HEARTY EGGPLANT BARLEY BAKE

Steps:

• 1. In a large no-stick frying pan over medium heat, saute onions, mushrooms, peppers and garlic in 1 tablespoon water until softened, about 5 minutes.
• 2. Add eggplant and 2 tablespoon water; saute until softened, about 10 minutes.
• 3. Add the tomatoes (with their juice), 1 1/2 cups water, barley, chili sauce, parsley, honey (or syrup), worcestershire sauce, marjoram and black pepper.
• 4. Bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes, or until barley is tender.