Barley

mmrkar

Anyone out there have good recipes for barley. I just bought a box and wondered how people prepare it and what people use it in.

vim_n_vigor

I use it in place of rice in recipes. I make it in my rice steamer. It is a little sweeter than rice.

CakeFit21

I used to use it to make risotto. Google barley risotto, it's delicious.

naturalveg

Soups and Stews! Especially beefy, vegetable, and tomato-based soups. I usually only add about 1/4 cup or so per soup batch. It'll swell up a little bit when cooked, like rice, so you don't want to add too much.

wbgolden

Soak 15 lbs at 180 degrees for 60 minutes in about 6 gallons of water, then sparge it to remove the remaining sugars. Boil for about one hour, adding aroma and bittering hops at 45 minutes and 5 minutes, respectively. Cool to around 78 degrees. Add yeast.

Ferment for 7-10 days, then move to secondary container and ferment until the bubbles stop. Add conditioning sugar and bottle. Enjoy in 10-14 days.

vim_n_vigor

Soak 15 lbs at 180 degrees for 60 minutes in about 6 gallons of water, then sparge it to remove the remaining sugars. Boil for about one hour, adding aroma and bittering hops at 45 minutes and 5 minutes, respectively. Cool to around 78 degrees. Add yeast.

Ferment for 7-10 days, then move to secondary container and ferment until the bubbles stop. Add conditioning sugar and bottle. Enjoy in 10-14 days.

Love the recipe

scraver2003

Stuffed peppers!! YUM! I use it instead of rice. It is good in soups. I actually like it better than pasta. I cook it in veggie stock with some garlic... mmmm...

izzyinbliss

I love this shrimp, bacon and spinach barley risotto recipe from Fine Cooking:
http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/lemon-barley-risotto-shrimp-bacon-spinach.aspx

BrewerGeorge

Soak 15 lbs at 180 degrees for 60 minutes in about 6 gallons of water, then sparge it to remove the remaining sugars. Boil for about one hour, adding aroma and bittering hops at 45 minutes and 5 minutes, respectively. Cool to around 78 degrees. Add yeast.

Ferment for 7-10 days, then move to secondary container and ferment until the bubbles stop. Add conditioning sugar and bottle. Enjoy in 10-14 days.

180?!?

Surely that's a typo. You meant 150F, right?:drinker:

wbgolden

180?!?

Surely that's a typo. You meant 150F, right?:drinker:

ah yes, that would be some bitter beer. good catch

Aross83

You could make a cold barley salad with lots of cut up veggies in it with a nice healthy dressing to go on it...
i make this with brown rice all the time.. you can use any veggies you like but i use
pepeprs, onions, zuchinni, roasted red peppers, scallions, dill, cilantro, cucumbers.. whatever you have on hand..
its pretty yummy and super healthy..

AdrienneB33

Here's my favorite recipe using barley....

http://www.emilybites.com/2011/01/barley-beef-skillet.html