Homestyle chicken barley soup Recipe

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Homestyle chicken barley soup

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Ingredients:

1	cup	Chopped onion
1	cup	Sliced carrots
1	cup	Sliced celery
1	tbsp	Vegetable oil
5	cup	Water
1	can	Reduced sodium chicken broth
		-- (14-?oz size)
1/2	cup	Medium QUAKER Barley*
1	tsp	Thyme, crushed
1	tsp	Salt (optional)
1/8	tsp	Black pepper
1	cup	Chopped cooked chicken
		-- (about ?pound)

Procedures:

1	In a 4-quart saucepan or dutch oven, cook onion, carrots and celery in oil until onion is tender.
2	Add remaining ingredients except chicken.
3	Bring to a boil.
4	Reduce heat to low; cover.
5	Simmer 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6	Add cooked chicken; continue cooking 5 to 10 minutes or until chicken is heated through and barley is tender.
7	Add additional water or chicken broth if soup becomes too thick upon standing.
8	Eight 1-cup servings.
9	*note: to use quick quaker barley, substitute 2/3 cup quick barley for medium barley and decrease water to 4 cups.
10	Cook onion, carrots and celery as directed above.
11	Add remaining ingredients except chicken.
12	Bring to a boil.
13	Reduce heat to low; cover.
14	Simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
15	Add chicken; continue simmering 5 to 10 minutes or until chicken is heated through and barley is tender