Chicken Barley Soup with Sweet Potato

Name: Chicken Barley Soup with Sweet Potato
Total time: 90
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons olive oil; 1 Spanish onion, diced; ½ cup diced celery; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 ½ quarts chicken stock; 3 cups diced cooked chicken breast; 3 cups sliced carrots; 2 parsnips, diced (Optional); 1 ¼ cups barley; 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced; ½ cup chopped fresh dill (Optional); salt and ground black pepper to taste

Recipe by Sharon Stoudt from allrecipes.com

Dinner 2 Hr. 30 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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2 teaspoons olive oil
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1 Spanish onion, diced
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½ cup diced celery
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3 cloves garlic, minced
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2 ½ quarts chicken stock
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3 cups diced cooked chicken breast

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3 cups sliced carrots
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2 parsnips, diced (Optional)
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1 ¼ cups barley
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4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
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½ cup chopped fresh dill (Optional)
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salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Heat olive oil in a large heavy stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in hot oil until onion is slightly tender, about 8 minutes.
Stir chicken stock, chicken, carrots, parsnips, and barley into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until barley is slightly tender, about 30 minutes.
Stir sweet potatoes into soup and simmer until sweet potatoes and barley are tender, about 30 minutes; season with dill, salt, and pepper.