Recipe Mushroom and Andouille Sausage Barley Soup

[flyinglentris]

Mushroom and Andouille Sausage Barley Soup:

Ingredients:

1) Mushrooms, crimini brown - 8 to 10
2) Andouille Sausage - 2 links
3) Barley - 1/4 cup
4) Onion - 1 slice
5) Serrano pepper - 1
6) Tomato, Roma - 1
7) Crushed garlic - 1 tblspn.
8) Fennel - 1 tsp.
9) Anise seed - 1 tsp.
10) Thyme - 1 tsp.
11) Water - 2 to 3 cups


Procedure:

-- Preparation --

1) Slice the mushrooms, top to bottom.
2) Cross slice the andouille sausage.
3) Cut a slice of onion and then quarter it.
4) Dice up the Serrano pepper and the tomato.
5) Bring the water to a boil.

-- Cook and Serve --

6) Add barley to boiling water and cook til softened.
7) Reduce heat to about 175F.
8) Add Tomato, garlic and spices and continue heating for 10 minutes.
8) Add andouille sausage, mushrooms, onion and Serrano pepper.
9) Continue to cook until the soup begins to thicken and darken.
10) Ladle into soup bowl(s).
11) Serve.

 

[Morning Glory]

I like the combination of ingredients here. It looks like good hearty soup. Its also fat-free aside from any fat in the andouille.

I'm not sure what you mean by this? A slice quartered - do you mean a thin slice from a whole onion?

3) Cut a slice of onion and then quarter it.

 

[flyinglentris]

I like the combination of ingredients here. It looks like good hearty soup. Its also fat-free aside from any fat in the andouille.

I'm not sure what you mean by this? A slice quartered - do you mean a thin slice from a whole onion?

It means to take a cross slice of onion, cut it in half and then, cut the halves in half, - ie. quarter the slice. Instead of diced up onion, you get something like julienne cut onion, long pieces of the rings.

 

[JAS_OH1]

I love andouille sausage. Last time my local grocer had it on sale for $1.99 a pound I bought 10 pounds of it and froze it. I used up the last of it earlier this year.