This mushroom barley soup is perfect any night of the week! Plus, you'll have a little left over for lunch. (Psst... if you click on the yield number, you can adjust for the number of servings you want to end up with!)
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Pressure Time20 minutesmins
Total Time55 minutesmins
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8servings
Calories: 164kcal
Ingredients
2tbsp.oil
1cupsliced carrots
1cupsliced celery
1cupchopped yellow onion
8oz.package brown mushrooms
6mediumgarlic cloves(or large if you love garlic!)
1tsp.dried thyme
½tsp.salt
1cupbarley
4cupsvegetable broth
3tbsp.mushroom soup mix(see link above - or just use 3 tbsp. ground, dried mushrooms. You can grind them yourself in a grinder)
Add the oil to you IP insert and press the sauté button.
Add the carrots, celery and onions to the oil and saute until the onions are translucent.
Now stir in the mushrooms and continue stirring until they are fully wilted and some of the liquid has come out of the mushroom.
Now stir in the garlic and sauté for about 1 to 2 minutes, then stir in the dried thyme and top off with the salt. (Smells good right about now, right?)
Next, stir in the barley, then the vegetable broth and finally the mushroom soup mix. (or ground, dried mushrooms. Whichever you prefer.)
Close the lid, close the vent and press the "manual" button, adjusting the time to 20 minutes.
When the cooking time is done, allow 10 minutes for a natural release, and then do a quick release for any remaining steam.
Add any additional salt as needed and serve with some crusty garlic bread.
Stovetop
In a large stock pot, warm your oil and then add the carrots, celery and onions. Sauté until the onions are translucent.
Add in the mushrooms and cook for about 5 minutes, or until the liquid from the mushrooms has started to "grease" the pot a bit.
Add in the thyme, salt and mushroom soup mix (or ground, dried mushrooms).
Finally, add the broth and barley and cook to package directions for the barley.
Add any additional salt you prefer to taste and serve up a nice, hot bowl of soup! (Don't forget to blow!)
Notes
Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.