Mushroom Barley Soup With Black Kale Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup barley

1/4 cup olive oil

1 pound cremini mushrooms, sliced

1 onion, chopped

1 bunch black kale, stemmed and roughly chopped

Salt & pepper to taste

4 cups veggie or chicken broth

Preparation

Cook barley:

Boil water in a medium saucepan and add barley. Boil until tender, 20 minutes or so. Drain and reserve.

While barley is cooking, in a soup pot, saute onion in 1/8 cup olive oil until soft. Remove from pan and set aside. Add remaining 1/8 cup olive oil and brown the mushrooms. Return onions to the pot and add the stock and kale. Add the cooked barley. Add more stock or water if necessary. Salt & pepper to taste. Serve in bowls with a good crusty, chewey bread. Mmmmmm!!