Chicken Soup with Barley & Mushrooms - Lustre Craft Cookware

Ingredients

• 1 and 1/2 pounds boneless (skinless chicken thighs, patted dry and)
• cut into medium chunks (1/2” x 1/2”)
• 2 Tbls. olive oil
• 1 cup potato chopped into small dice (1/4” x 1/4”)
• 1 cup onion chopped into small dice
• 1/2 cup celery chopped into small dice
• 1/2 cup carrot chopped into small dice
• 2 cloves of garlic (smashed)
• 2 stems of fresh thyme
• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons of chopped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried variety
• 14 ounces white button mushrooms (cleaned, stems removed and quartered)
• 1 cup pearl barley (no soak variety)
• 2 quarts of chicken stock or water
• 1/4 cup dry white wine
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• sea salt (1 teaspoon plus more for seasoning)
• freshly ground black pepper (1/4 teaspoon plus more for seasoning)