Name: Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe
Prep time: 45 min
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons Olive oil; 1 Onion (chopped); 3 cloves Garlic (crushed); Celery (chopped); 2 Carrots (diced); 1 Potato (diced); 300 g White button mushrooms; 60 g Dried porcini mushrooms; 1 cup 200g Pearl barley, rinsed; 2.5 L Water/stock; Salt to taste; Pepper to taste; 1 teaspoon cumin; 1-2 teaspoons thyme; 2 tablespoons Parsley (chopped (optional))

Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe

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This mushroom barley soup is of the most flavorful and comforting soups I’ve ever made. A perfect mushroom soup for cold winter days that will warm you up. This easy soup is made of fresh mushrooms, dried porcini mushrooms, carrots, celery, pearl barley and more delicious ingredients.

A bowl of mushroom barley soup with carrots, potatoes, and herbs, served in a white bowl with a green floral rim, placed on a wooden table.

Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe

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Prep Time 45

WORK TIME 10

DIFFICULTY Easy

Cuisine World

Servings yields

Ingredients

3 tablespoons Olive oil
1 Onion chopped
3 cloves Garlic crushed
Celery chopped
2 Carrots diced
1 Potato diced
300 g White button mushrooms
60 g Dried porcini mushrooms
1 cup 200g Pearl barley, rinsed
2.5 L Water/stock
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 teaspoon cumin
1-2 teaspoons thyme
2 tablespoons Parsley chopped (optional)

Instructions

DIRECTIONS
1. I a bowl place dried mushrooms, pour1-2 cups of how water and allow to soak for 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile start making the soup: in a large pot heat olive oil, add chopped onion and fry until slightly golden, add crushed garlic, chopped celery and diced carrots and fry for 3-4 minutes. Add chopped white button mushrooms and cook until the mushrooms are softened, about 8-10 minutes.
3. Drain soaked mushrooms, chop them and add to the pot, add chopped potato, pearl barley. Add the mushroom soaking liquids, and 2.5L of water.
4. Season with salt, pepper, cumin and thyme. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover with a lid and simmer until the pearl barley are cooked to al dente, about 20-25 minutes.
5. Check the seasoning, if needed add spices. Turn the heat off and add chopped parsley (optional).
6. Serve!

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3 Comments

Best soup I’ve ever made. Highly recommended!!!

October 15, 2022

There’s 2 places where it says add the potatoes, which is right? And does adding up to 2 cups soaking liquid plus 2.5 liters stock make too much liquid?

February 12, 2024