Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
10 cups (2400 ml) water
2
1 medium onion, chopped
3
8 oz (230 g) mushrooms, thickly sliced
4
1 cup (240 ml) white beans
5
1 cup (240 ml) barley
6
1–2 carrots, chopped
7
1–2 zucchini, chopped
8
Vegetable or chicken soup mix or stock
9
Salt
10
Pepper
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Soak the beans for several hours and set aside.
2
In a large pot (the same one you'll make the soup in), sauté onion for about 3 minutes.
3 minutes
3
Add carrots and zucchini; sauté 5 minutes more.
5 minutes
4
Add mushrooms, and sauté until they release all their liquid.
5
Add the water, barley, beans, spices, and stock (or soup mix).
6
Cook for a few hours.
Notes
- •Mushrooms release a lot of liquid when cooking. You can add this liquid to the soup, as directed above, or boil it off to make more strongly flavored vegetables.
- •Cubed meat can be added to this soup.