New England Soup Factory's Sweet Potato Chicken Barley Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 large spanish onion, peeled and diced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup celery, diced
• 3 cups carrots, sliced
• 2 parsnips, grated
• 4 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
• 1 1/4 cups pearl barley
• 2 1/2-3 quarts chicken stock
• 3 cups chicken, poached and diced
• 1/4 cup freshly chopped dill
• kosher salt
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat the olive oil in a large heavy stock pot.
• 2 saute garlic, onions, celery and carrot for 8 minutes.
• 3 add parsnips, barley, chicken and chicken stock.
• 4 bring to a boil; simmer on medium-high heat for 30 minutes.
• 5 add the sweet potatoes and cook an additional 30 minutes.
• 6 add dill and season.