Barley & Bean With Fresh Mint (Vegan) 1 Recipe
Recipe
Ingredients
1 Half a cup Pearled barley
3 Half a cup Vegetable broth or stock
2 cup Fresh cooked or canned white
Kidney beans
2 tablespoon Fresh mint chopped or 1 tbs
Dry mint
Recipe
Preparation
In a medium sauce pan bring the 3.5 cups of vegetable broth or stock
to a boil. Slowly add the 1.5 cup of pearled barley. Reduce heat to
low and cover. Simmer 35 to 45 mins. or until all of the broth or
stock has been absorbed and the barley is tender.
Rinse the kidney beans in a colander or sieve and allow to drain.
Chop the mint.
Add the beans to the cooked pearled barley and cook on low until
heated, approximately 5 minutes. Remove form the heat. Add the mint
and mix well. Garnish with a few mint sprigs.
Serve hot. Makes 4 side dish servings. Reheats well in a microwave.
Posted by "Joseph B. McKay III" <MCKAY_J@a1.eop.gov> to the Fatfree
Dig. Vol 12 Issue 22 11-23-94.
FATFREE Recipe collections copyrighted by Michelle Dick 1994. Used
with permission. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34,
TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using MMCONV. ~-- 1.80á
Servings:
4
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