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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
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• Cuisine

  European >> Eastern European >> Russian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak dried mushrooms in boiling water until they are soft and flexible (at least 2 hours). | 2. Drain the mushrooms (reserving water), and chop them coarsely. | 3. In a heavy 3-4 qt casserole dish, combine the mushrooms, reserved water, chicken, celery, carrot, string beans, and peas. | 4. Add the stock and bring to a boil over high heat. | 5. Reduce to low heat and simmer, partially covered, until chicken is done and vegetables are tender-crisp (20 minutes). | 6. Strain, setting aside chicken and vegetables and returning stock to the casserole dish. | 7. Melt the butter over medium heat. | 8. Add the barley, and stir for 1-2 minutes (do NOT let barley brown). | 9. Add the barley and butter to the stock and bring to a boil over high heat. | 10. Reduce to low heat and simmer, partially covered for 10 minutes. | 11. Add the potatoes and simmer, partially covered, until potatoes and barley are done (20 minutes). | 12. Return chicken and vegetables to the soup. | 13. Add water if needed, to thin the soup. | 14. Season with salt and pepper to taste, then let simmer for a few minutes to reheat the chicken and vegetables. | 15. Garnish each bowl with a spoonful of sour cream and sprinkle with dill, if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
mushroom	1/4	ounce	dried	2.4097	0.4812	0.1588	0.0347
water	2	cups	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
chicken	1/4		diced	-	-	-	-
celery	1	stalk	chopped	10.24	1.9008	0.4416	0.1088
carrot	1		peeled quartered sliced	52.48	12.2624	1.1904	0.3072
string bean	1/4		trimmed washed	-	-	-	-
turnip	1		chopped	17.08	3.9223	0.5489999999999999	0.061
pea	1/4	cup		10.29	1.8498	0.6859999999999999	0.049
chicken stock	8	cups		691.2	67.77600000000001	48.38399999999999	23.04
butter	2	tablespoons	unsalted cut	203.628	0.017	0.2414	23.0352
pearl barley	1/2	cup		352.0	77.72	9.91	1.16
potato	3		sliced diced	-	-	-	-
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
cream	1	cup	sour	455.4	10.649000000000001	5.612	44.505
dill	2	tablespoons	cut	0.4784	0.0781	0.0385	0.0125

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.