Description
Easy slow cooker chicken barley soup recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. Loaded with vegetables, rotisserie chicken, Italian seasoning.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon Butter (Unsalted)
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 cup Onion (Finely chopped)
2 cloves Garlic (Finely minced)
1 cup Carrots (Peeled, Diced)
½ cup Celery (Sliced)
5–6 cups Chicken broth (Low sodium; Always start with 5 cups and add more, if necessary)
1 Tomato (Medium size, Finely chopped; Can also be replaced with ¼ cup tomato sauce or leftover marinara sauce)
1.5 teaspoon Italian seasoning
Salt (To taste)
Pepper (To taste)
1 Bay leaf
⅔ cups Pearl barley
⅓ cup Corn (Frozen)
⅓ cup Peas (Frozen)
2 cups Rotisserie chicken (Diced or Shredded)
1–2 tablespoon Parsley (Fresh, Roughly chopped, For garnish)
Instructions
- Heat butter and oil in a nonstick pot over medium-high heat.
- Add onion, garlic, carrots, and celery, and saute for about 4-5 minutes until garlic is fragrant.
- If using a multifunctional slow cooker, you can saute the veggies directly in the slow cooker to save time and avoid additional dishes.
- If short on time, skip the saute step and add the vegetables raw to the crockpot.
- Add the sauteed vegetables to a crockpot (6 quart or larger).
- Also add chicken broth, tomato, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper, bay leaf, and pearl barley. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Cover and cook on Low heat for 5 hours or until the vegetables are tender and the barley is cooked.
- Mix in corn, peas, and rotisserie chicken. If the soup seems too thick, add more broth as required.
- Cover and continue cooking on Low heat for 30 minutes.
- Discard the bay leaf.
- Garnish with fresh parsley and enjoy!
Notes
Read all tips provided above for best results.
Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days and reheated in the microwave or stovetop. Note that additional broth may need to be added as barley absorbs a significant amount of broth over time.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 294 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 1055 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 26 g
- Cholesterol: 81 mg
