Chicken Barley And Spinach Casserole Recipes

PEARL BARLEY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Melt butter in a 1 1/2-quart Dutch oven or oven-safe pot over medium heat and cook onion until lightly browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add celery and cook until starting to soften, stirring often, about 5 more minutes. Mix barley into the vegetables and stir until coated with butter. Fold mushrooms and green pepper into barley mixture; season to taste with salt and black pepper. Pour chicken broth into barley mixture and bring to a boil; cover casserole dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until barley is nearly tender, about 30 minutes; uncover casserole dish and bake barley until most of the liquid has been absorbed, about 15 more minutes. Adjust salt and black pepper before serving.

BARLEY CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350.
• Grease a 2 quart baking dish.
• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter.
• Add onion and celery, cook and stir till tender.
• Add barley, cook about 2 minutes or till light golden brown, stirring frequently.
• In a medium bowl, combine remaining ingredients.
• Add barley mixture, mix well.
• Pour into prepared baking dish.
• Cover and cook about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
• Stir well before serving.

CHICKEN & BARLEY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and paprika.
• In a wide frying pan over medium heat, melt 2 tablespoons of the butter. Add the chicken and cook until well browned on both sides. Add a little more butter if needed. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside.
• In the same pan, melt the remaining butter. Add the mushrooms and cook until soft. Remove mushrooms from pan and set aside.
• Add barley and onion to pan. Cook, stirring, until onion is soft. Add basil and one 14 oz. can chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then cover the pan, reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes.
• Stir in the mushrooms and arrange the chicken pieces over the barley mixture. Pour the other can of chicken broth and sherry over all. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Gently mix in artichoke hearts and continue to simmer until barley is tender (about 10 more minutes).
• To serve, skim off any excess fat and sprinkle with parsley.

CHICKEN, BARLEY, AND SPINACH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 2-quart glass casserole dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat, swirling to coat the bottom. Cook the onion, carrot, and garlic for 3 minutes, or until the onion is soft, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the mushrooms. Cook for 3 minutes, or until soft, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the chicken, water, bouillon, and pepper. Cook, covered, for 2 minutes, or until the mixture reaches a boil.
• Stir in the barley. Reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the barley is tender and the water has almost been absorbed. Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the spinach. Spoon into the casserole dish. Sprinkle with the almonds.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until heated through.
• (Per serving)
• Calories: 338
• Total fat: 6.5g
• Saturated: 1.0g
• Trans: 0.0g
• Polyunsaturated: 1.5g
• Monounsaturated: 3.0g
• Cholesterol: 66mg
• Sodium: 148mg
• Carbohydrates: 38g
• Fiber: 8g
• Sugars: 4g
• Protein: 35g
• Calcium: 146mg
• Potassium: 1,019mg
• 2 starch
• 2 vegetable
• 3 lean meat

BARLEY CASSEROLE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a covered casserole dish with butter.
• Heat 4 tablespoons butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir onion and celery until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes. Add barley and cook until slightly brown, about 5 minutes.
• Pour chicken broth and mushrooms into the prepared casserole dish. Spoon in barley mixture and blend well.
• Bake in the preheated oven until liquid is absorbed and barley is tender, 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.

BARLEY CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 F degrees.
• Melt butter and saute onion and barley.
• Pour mixture into a casserole dish.
• Add rest of ingredients.
• Cook 1 hour covered.