Chicken, tomato and barley soup

Not only does barley fill you up, it also adds great texture and nutty flavour.

Recipe «Chicken, tomato and barley soup» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 55 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 tbsp olive oil, 25g butter, 2 brown onions, halved, thinly sliced, 3 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked, 2L chicken broth, chicken meat reserved , 110g pearl barley, 2 tomatoes, seeded, finely chopped, 100g baby spinach leaves .

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp olive oil 
• 25g butter 
• 2 brown onions, halved, thinly sliced 
• 3 fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked 
• 2L chicken broth, chicken meat reserved 
• 110g pearl barley 
• 2 tomatoes, seeded, finely chopped 
• 100g baby spinach leaves 

Instructions

1. Heat the oil and butter in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add the onion and thyme leaves and stir for 15 minutes or until the onion is light golden and slightly caramelised.
2. Add the chicken broth. Increase heat to high and bring to the boil. Add the barley and reduce heat to medium. Simmer for 30 minutes or until the barley is just tender.
3. Add the tomato, spinach and reserved chicken meat. Stir for 3 minutes or until the spinach wilts and the chicken is heated through. Season.