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Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley is for Dinner.

Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley takes 40 minutes to cook.

Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley are:

Barley, pearled, uncooked, 1 cup
Kitchen Basics Less Sodium Chicken stock, 32 oz.
Water, approx. 32 oz
Chicken breast , without skin or bone, .5 or leftover chicken, chopped, 1 cup

Canola oil, 1 Tbsp.
Onion, chopped, 1 cup
Garlic, minced, 2 cloves
Celery, chopped, .75 cup
Sweet red peppers, chopped, .5 cup
Mushrooms, raw sliced, 1 cup
Italian seasoning, dried 1.5 tsp

Sweet corn, canned, fresh or frozen, .5 cup
Kale ,raw chopped, 4 cups
Black pepper, freshly ground, .5 tsp

Extra water, up to 2 cups.

Here is how you make Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley:

Place uncooked barley ,chicken stock, and 2cups of the water in a 6 qt pot on stove over med/high heat. Bring to a boil, turn down to low and simmer with pot lid cracked for 15 mins. Then add chicken and keep cooking for an additional 5 mins..Meanwhile, heat canola oil in frying pan over med/high. Add and lightly saute onion, garlic, celery, sweet red peppers and mushrooms for approximately 5 mins, until onion starts to become translucent. Mix in the thyme or Italian seasoning.Add all the ingredients from the frying pan to the barley mixture in the soup pot. Deglaze the frying pan with a cup of the remaining water and add it to the pot. Add the corn and kale. Season with pepper. Mix well. Turn up heat and bring mixture to a boil. Then turn down the heat to low and simmer, lightly covered approximately 15-20 mins more, stirring occasionally. Add the remaining cup of water to thin if the stew starts to stick or if you prefer a thinner stew.Serve hot. Makes about 6 1.5 cup servings.Number of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LARREIKI.

The nutritional information for Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 153.3

• Total Fat: 3.7 g
• Cholesterol: 15.5 mg
• Sodium: 887.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 23.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 5.4 g
• Protein: 9.4 g

The dietary needs meet for Winter Chicken Vegetable Stew with Barley is Lactose Free