Chicken, bacon & pearl barley vegetable soup

Name: Chicken, bacon & pearl barley vegetable soup | Asda Good Living
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 leek, trimmed and thinly sliced; 2 carrots, trimmed and diced; 800ml vegetable stock, made with 1 stock cube; 1 tbsp Dijon mustard; 100g pearl barley; 250g cooked chicken, shredded; 1 tbsp thyme, leaves only, chopped; 4 back rashers smoked bacon, chopped

This soup is a great way to use up leftover chicken, and you can add other veg, such as sweetcorn and peas.

By Asda Good Living,21st September 2015

(19 votes)

Cook: 30 Mins

Serves: 4

Price: 98p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 100g serving contains

Energy
1440kj
344kcal

17%

Fat
13.3g

Med
19%

Saturates
3.1g

Med
16%

Sugars
6.4g

Med
7%

Salt
2.1g

High
35%

of your 5-a-day

of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1440kj/344kcal

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

1 leek, trimmed and thinly sliced

2 carrots, trimmed and diced

800ml vegetable stock, made with 1 stock cube

1 tbsp Dijon mustard

100g pearl barley

250g cooked chicken, shredded

1 tbsp thyme, leaves only, chopped

4 back rashers smoked bacon, chopped

Method

Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and cook for 2-3 minutes until soft.

Add the leek, carrots, vegetable stock, Dijon mustard and pearl barley. Bring to the boil and then simmer, covered, for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Add the chicken and thyme, and heat through.

Dry-fry the bacon in a non-stick frying pan until crispy. Drain on a plate lined with kitchen towel. Sprinkle over the soup with black pepper to serve.