All in One Chicken and Barley
A comforting and healthy dish for when you don't want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups yellow onion 1 onion
- ¼ cups garlic minced
- 2 cups carrot about 2 large carrots
- 1 ¾ cups celery about 3 stalks
- ½ lbs chicken breast
- 1 cups uncooked barley option to use brown rice
- 2 cups low sodium vegetable broth
Seasonings
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground thyme
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Use a Dutch oven (I use a large corning ware saucepan to cook this in). Make sure it's a large pot. Heat oil in pot on medium heat (level ¾). Once hot, add onion, garlic, and carrot. Sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- After 5 minutes, add celery, chicken breast, uncooked barley, vegetable broth, and all seasonings and continue cooking for about 25 minutes.
- Decrease heat to Low and cook for another 1 hour, 50 minutes.