Barley Soup With Ham Recipes

HEALTHY HAM AND BARLEY SOUP

Steps:

• Dice all vegetables
• Saute vegetables in oil until tender, about 5-7 minutes.
• Add garlic, salt, and pepper and heat for one minute more.
• Pour in the chicken or ham broth and bring to it to a boil.
• Add the barley, stir, and reduce heat to medium-low.
• Let soup simmer for 8 to 10 minutes or until barley is tender.
• Add spinach and diced ham and stir until spinach is wilted, about 1 minute.
• Ladle ham and barley soup into bowls and top with parsley and bacon bits.

SMOKED HAM, BARLEY, AND VEGETABLE SOUP

Steps:

• Bring broth and ham hocks to boil in large pot. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 15 minutes. Add diced potatoes, tomatoes with juices, onion, carrots, celery, barley, and oregano. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered until meat and barley are tender, about 1 hour.
• Using tongs, remove ham hocks from soup. Cut meat off bones and chop coarsely. Return meat to soup; discard bones. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing.) Add green beans; simmer until beans are tender, about 15 minutes. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper.

LENTIL-BARLEY HAM SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute the onion, celery and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in the broth, lentils, basil, oregano, rosemary and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. , Add ham and carrots. Cover and simmer 10 minutes longer. Return to a boil; stir in the barley. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes or until barley and lentils are tender. Stir in tomatoes; heat through.

SPLIT PEA, BARLEY AND HAM SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in large soup pot over medium heat.
• Add onions, then add pepper, salt, pepper sauce and stir twice.
• Saute over medium heat for 3 minutes.
• Add rinsed split peas,barley,chopped carrots, garlic, bay leaves and saute another 2 minutes, stirring several times.
• Add chicken broth and the chopped ham or smoked turkey sausage.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Remove from heat, remove bay leaves,add milk or half and half and stir.
• Enjoy with warm, crusty bread.