Healthy & Flavorful Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe Recipe - (4.6/5)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 onion, minced
• 1 pound cremini mushrooms, brushed, cleaned, stemmed and quartered)
• 1 pound Portobello mushrooms (I used Shiitaki mushrooms, instead)
• 1 ounce dried porcini mushrooms, rinsed and minced
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 carrots, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces (I chopped them in my food processor as a short cut)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh thyme (or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
• 6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup pearl barley