Pearl Barley Soup with Mushrooms and Meatballs - recipe with photo

Pearl Barley Soup with Mushrooms and Meatballs

A hearty and delicious dish. Any type of minced meat of your choice can be used for preparation (the author used a mixture of pork and beef), and the mushrooms can be either frozen or fresh. The volume of ingredients is calculated for a four-liter pot.

Total cooking time
not set
Number of servings
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Recipe difficulty
3 / 5

Ingredients

Recipe scale: 1x

  • minced meat 500 g
  • pearl barley 100 g
  • potato 600 g
  • mushrooms 300 g
  • crushed tomatoes 400 g
  • onion 150 g
  • salt
  • pepper
  • vegetable oil

Instructions

Step 1 of 13

Prepare the pearl barley according to the package instructions. The author poured 300 ml of water over the rinsed grain.

Step 2 of 13

Cook for one hour.

Step 3 of 13

Finely chop the onion.

Step 4 of 13

Slice the mushrooms.

Step 5 of 13

Form meatballs from the minced meat.

Step 6 of 13

Peel the potatoes and cut them into sticks or cubes.

Step 7 of 13

Sauté the onion in a pot with vegetable oil.

Step 8 of 13

Add mushrooms to the onion. Pepper and salt. Sauté.

Step 9 of 13

Add tomatoes.

Step 10 of 13

Pour water over everything and bring to a boil.

Step 11 of 13

Add potatoes and bring to a boil again.

Step 12 of 13

Add meatballs. Cook for 10–15 minutes.

Step 13 of 13

Add pearl barley. Cook for 5 minutes.