Cooking Recipe Chicken Barley Soup
Recipe Ingredients
1
Broiler-fryer chicken (2-3
-lbs.), cut up
2 qt
Water
1 1/2 c
Diced carrots
1 c
Diced celery
1/2 c
Barley
1/2 c
Chopped onion
1
Chicken bouilion cube
-(optional)
1 ts
Salt (optional)
1
Bay leaf
1/2 ts
Poultry seasoning
1/2 ts
Pepper
1/2 ts
Dried sage
Directions
In a large kettle, cook chicken in water until tender. Cool broth and
skim off fat. Bone the chicken and cut into bite-size pieces; return
to kettle along with remaining ingredients. Simmer, uncovered, for at
least one hour or until vegetables and barley are tender. Remove bay
Diabetic Exchanges: One serving (prepared without bouilion and salt)
equals 2 1/2 lean meat, 1 starch, 1 vegetable; also, 259 calories,
127 mg sodium, 89 mg cholesterol, 22 gm carbohydrate, 31 gm protein,
5 gm fat.
SOURCE: *Diana Costello, Marion, KS, Country Woman Jan/Feb93 POSTED
BY: Jim Bodle 7/93