I use a lot of
boiled pearl barley, just out of the freezer too.
Meanwhile,
boil the pearled barley in heavily salted water for fifteen minutes or until al dente.
Boil the pearl barley — I often find it takes less time that suggested by the packet instructions, so test after 30 minutes.
Not exact matches
To prepare the
pearl barley, place all the ingredients in a pan and bring to a
boil.
Cook
barley in a medium pot of
boiling salted water until tender, 50 — 60 minutes for hulled or hull-less, 20 — 30 minutes for
pearl.
Cook
barley in a large pot of
boiling salted water until tender, 15 — 20 minutes for
pearl, 35 — 40 for hulled or hull-less.
Soak one - half cup
pearled (regular)
barley in three cups cold water overnight, or
boil the
barley and water for 25 minutes.
Her recipe suggests soaking 1/2 cup of
pearled barley in 3 cups of cold water overnight, or
boil 25 minutes.
For a somewhat more complicated brew, midwife Elizabeth Davis (in her book Heart and Hands) relates this old wives» remedy to increase milk supply:
Boil 1/2 cup
pearled barley in three cups water for 25 minutes.
I used red lentils and cooked them only for a short time, bringing them to a
boil briefly in vegetable broth, draining and then using the broth to cook the
barley (whole - grain, not
pearled) while I prepared the other ingredients.