One of my favorite gifts from my wedding is my crock pot. It makes cooking easy and simple. This past week I’ve been sick and now that I’m finally feeling better I wanted to share a recipe I recently came across.

We all turn to chicken soup when we get sick. We want something that reminds us of our mother’s chicken soup when we were growing up. I liked this recipe because it included barley which I love because its consistency reminds me of pasta.

This easy crock pot chicken soup recipe is perfect for those days when your home sick from work and mom’s not there to take care of you.

Enjoy

Crock Pot Chicken Soup with Pearl Barley

Serves 6

• 1/2 lb. pearl barley
• 1 small stewing chicken, in pieces
• 2 carrots, sliced thick
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1/2 C. chopped onion
• 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tsp. dried sage
• 1/2 tsp. dried rosemary
• 1/2 tsp. dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
• Salt, to taste
• 2 tbsp. fresh Italian parsley, chopped
• Chicken broth, as needed

1. Place the barley and chicken pieces into the crock pot.

2. Sprinkle carrots, celery, onion, and garlic over the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley, rosemary, thyme, sage, and pepper.

3. Cover just over the top of the ingredients with chicken broth.

4. Cover and cook on low heat 5 hours.

5. Remove chicken and shred the chicken meat from the bones.

6. Return the chicken meat to the crock pot.

7. Cover and cook on low for 1 hour more, or until the barley is tender.

Photo courtesy of My Recipes & recipe courtesy of Divine Dinner Party.

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