Recipe

Wonderful Barley Rice Pilaf Recipe

	Rosemaryblue / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago Delicious as a side dish or as a stuffing. Wonderful with poultry, pork, and beef. Prep:10m Cook:60m Servings:6	Rosemaryblu
	barley onion celery brown rice dried apricots almonds raisings cinnamon

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Ingredients

BARLEY

Barley is a favorite with ancient civilizations

It is mentioned in the Bible 32 times

In John 6:9-11 the young boy gives the Lord five barley loaves and two small fish

Barley is a sweet, nutty flavored grain and lacks gluten which must be added for baking

(For baking in bread, one part barley to five parts wheat flour)

Barley puts new flavor appeal in soups, casseroles, pilaf, and puddings

Can be subsituted for rice and millet in recipes

High in minerals and protein

Personal Note: My mother used barley in much of her Southern cooking, especially in soups, she used Pearl Barley

BARLEY-RICE PILAF

2 tablespoons oil

1 medium onion, finely chopped

1 cup chopped celery

1 cup barley, uncooked (not quick)

1/2 cup raw brown rice

5 cups boiling water or chicken broth

1/2 cup chopped dried apricots

1/3 cup chopped almonds

1/3 cup raisins

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions

In large skillet, heat oil and saute' onion, celery

Saute until onion is transparent

Remove to another dish

In same skillet saute' barley and rice

Watch closely, do not allow to burn or brown, just cook 3 minutes

Add boiling water or stock to barley and rice

Add onions, celery and remaining ingredients

Cover and SIMMER on low heat for about 1 hour

Stir mixture carefully, replace lid, remove from heat

Let stand for 15 minutes

Serve

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Comments

lillyann 1 year, 10 months ago said:
I love barley =) thanks for the post!

jenniferbyrdez 1 year, 10 months ago said:
RMB, do you know I have never cooked with this stuff. My grandmother did. Because it's you I'll give it a try. Thanks.

dynie 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Currently trying recipes w/o meat due to our 40 days of the Daniel fast (meats and vegetables). This sounds great!

pointsevenout 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Thought I did but didn't have any almonds so I put in 1 teaspoon almond extract.

Eyeballed my cinnamon container and thought I had just a teaspoon left, so I dumped the contents. Turned out to be on the overflow side of a tablespoon. Hope that doesn't make the recipe intolerable.

EDIT: Dish turned out well. Something wrong with my brown rice. I think the manufacturer didn't do a good job separating all of the chaff from the rice. My fault for buying cheap.

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