CHICKEN BARLEY
SOUP
  • Description:

    Great for the whole family to enjoy whilst increasing milk production for mom.

  • Ingredients:

    1 tbsp. olive oil
    1 onion (chopped)
    1 punnet of button mushrooms (sliced)
    2 carrots (peeled and diced)
    2 garlic cloves (minced)

    450 g baby potatoes (cut into small pieces)
    900 ml of vegetable broth
    1 cup water

    ½ cup pearl barley (rinsed)
    2 skinless boneless chicken breasts (cut into small cubes)
    1 cup frozen green peas

  • Method:

    1. Heat a large pot over medium heat and add oil. Add onions and cook for about 3 minutes or until onions soften.
    2. Add mushrooms, carrots, potatoes and garlic and cook for 3 minutes until mushrooms soften.
    3. Add broth, water and barley and bring to the boil and then reduce heat to medium-low.
    4. Leave the soup to simmer with the lid on for 25 minutes.
    5. Add chicken and peas and cook for 10 minutes until chicken is cooked through.