Best Ever Chicken Barley Soup From Scratch

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 Whole Roasted Chicken

  Shred and remove the meat.
• 1/2 cup Onion

  Diced
• 8 cups Water or 7 cups of Pre-Made Low Sodium Chicken Broth
• 1 tbsp Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 tbsp Dried Rosemary
• 1/2 tbsp Dried oregano
• 1/2 tbsp Dried Savory Spice

  (optional)
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1/4 cup Onion
• 1 cup Carrots,

  cut into bite-size pieces.
• 1 cup 4 stalks of celery, cut into bite-size pieces.

  cut into bite-size pieces.
• 1 1/2 cups Barley,

  Pearl or Pot barley is best.
• 1 tbsp Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Remove the chicken meat from the bones.
• 2 Place the leftover bones in a large stock pot
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  half the onion, rosemary, oregano, savory spice and salt and pepper.
• 3 Cover with water and bring to a boil. Let simmer for 4-6 hours.
• 4 Remove the bones from the chicken broth and discard.
• 5 In a separate stock pot
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  add oil and vegetables. Sauté the vegetables until the onion is translucent.
  Browning the vegetables ahead of time should give your soup a ton of flavor.
• 6 Add the soup stock, remaining ingredients and chicken meat to the pot. The stock
  should deglaze the pot and pick up all the extra flavor from the little brown
  bits left at the bottom, giving the soup a much more delicious flavor.
• 7 Simmer for 30 minutes or until the barley and rice are soft. 
• 8 Serve and Enjoy!

Nutrition Info