Southwestern Chicken Barley Soup Recipe

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Kell Ferell of Alamo, North Dakota drives 80 miles round-trip every day for her job, so she needs quick, healthy dishes to fix for her family. "This is a huge favorite," she pens. "If I don't have leftover chicken, I simply boil or poach some chicken breasts. I use the cooking liquid to replace part of the water in the recipe to add even more flavor."

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Southwestern Chicken Barley Soup Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. Cook: 1 hour
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
  • 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
  • 1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
  • 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup medium pearl barley
  • 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, drained
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 3 cups cubed cooked chicken

Directions

  • In a Dutch oven, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Add the water, corn, beans, tomato sauce, tomatoes, broth, barley, chilies, chili powder and cumin. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer after 45 minutes.
  • Stir in chicken; cook, uncovered, 15 minutes longer or until chicken is heated through and barley is tender. Yield: 12 servings (3 quarts).

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 187 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 31 mg cholesterol, 582 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 15 g protein.

Originally published as Southwestern Chicken Barley Soup in Country Woman September/October 2001, p40

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Reviewed on Jan. 22, 2012 by cooknTx

We really liked this soup, I put extra barley in since we love it and used Chipotle Chili powder which gave the soup a nice smokey flavor. Will definitely make again. I served it with cornbread...Yum!


Reviewed on Mar. 13, 2011 by daisey5

I loved it. I used frozen corn and a rotesire chicken.


Reviewed on Mar. 06, 2011 by mother of 3

It was zippy! Everyone in our fellowship liked this; I made a full pot and brought home one serving. However, it took me 3 hours to make it. I used frozen corn, cooked and tomatoes w/green chilies in addition to the tom. sauce and diced tomatoes. Also used chicken broth instead of the water.


Reviewed on Aug. 11, 2009 by marciedarcie

My husband and I loved it. Healthy and yummy!


Reviewed on Jul. 25, 2008 by welshone

I modified this to do it in the crockpot, and it was divine! Excellent flavors and textures, and very healthy! This won raves from everyone in our houseehold!

 
 
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