We made this delicious soup with Sakura’s SOUP function or with Bamboo and Panda’s SLOW COOK function – it’s a very versatile and forgiving soup, you can throw any veg that you have into it, the more veg the better (*note when making this recipe in Panda, you will need to scale the ingredients down). For the green leafy veg you can use kale, spinach, anything you prefer – we made our soup with broccoli leaves and stalks and it was delicious.
*optional non veggie option – add 2 chicken breasts cut in half (if you want to substitute with cooked chicken, that’s okay too)
AuthorHungry PandaCategoryMeat, VegCuisineWesternDifficultyIntermediateAdd a little olive oil to your rice cooker inner bowl and fry the onions for around 5 minutes using the SLOW COOK or similar function.
When the onions are beginning to turn translucent, add the veg (apart from the leafy greens) and saute/fry for a further 5 minutes. Add the pearl barley.
**For a meat version you would brown the chicken at this point.** Add the all of the stock to the inner bowl and add the seasonings.
Mix all the ingredients together well and add the additional water.
Close the lid and select the SLOW COOK or preferably the SOUP function. Press START then cook for at least 2 hours.
20 minutes before you are ready to serve adjust the seasoning and add the leafy veg. If you are having the meat version you can shred the chicken (take out of the inner bowl to do this!) and add back to the soup.
Ingredients
Serve with big chunks of sourdough bread which mops up the savoury soup perfectly. This recipe freezes very well, so don’t worry about having too much – you have an easy soup ready to defrost and reheat.