Name: Instant Pot Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 medium yellow onion, diced; 2 celery stalks, diced; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 8 cups vegetable broth; 1 cup pearl barley; 1 teaspoon dill; 1 cup white mushrooms; 1 cup baby Bella mushrooms; 1 cup carrots; 2 cups petite purple potatoes (yellow gold is a good substitution if not available at your local grocer); Instant Pot Duo; Non-Stick Inner Cooking Pot; Tempered Glass Lid; Wooden Spoon; Soup Ladle; Soup Casserole Server; Soup Bowls

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Skipped canned soup and make this mushroom barley soup right in your Instant Pot. Pearl barley, mushrooms, celery, carrots, and more in a savory broth all in one incredible soup. Mushroom barley soup is a hearty and delicious fall soup.

Soup season is always a favorite time of year. And, with soups like this Mushroom Barley Soup, Instant Pot Irish Beef Stew, and our favorite copycat Broccoli Soup, pressure cooker soup recipes are go-to recipes that make life easier.

Mushroom Barley Soup
What Is Pearl Barley
How to Make
Does This Recipe Double
Can I Add Meat Into This Mushroom Barley Soup
What If I Can't Find Petite Purple Potatoes
Does This Soup Freeze Well
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Check out this cream of cauliflower soup, Instant Pot bean soup, or this hearty tomato gnocchi soup.

Mushroom Barley Soup

This is a great Instant Pot mushroom soup. I use white mushrooms and bella mushrooms. I find the duo of the two mushrooms really helps bring out tons of flavor.

What Is Pearl Barley

Pearl barley is what you will find most in the stores. It is the most common barley that is sold and used. Pearl barley has lost its outer husk, and bran layer and then is polished.

Hulled barley is the other type you can find that is a bit heartier and more nutritious.

How to Make

Step 1: Turn the Instant Pot to saute and add in your diced celery and your onions.

Step 2: Then you will turn your pressure cooker off. Pour in the chicken broth and deglaze the bottom of the pan.

Now add in your barley, dill, carrots, mushrooms, and potatoes.

Step 3: Place your lid on the Instant Pot and make sure the valve is set to sealing. Cook for 15 minutes high pressure followed by a natural release for 5 minutes.

Does This Recipe Double

Depending on the size of your Instant Pot it will depend if you can double this recipe. The biggest thing is to make sure you do not go over the max fill line.

If you go over the line, you will find your Instant Pot will not come to pressure.

Can I Add Meat Into This Mushroom Barley Soup

You could easily dice up and add in some ham or turkey into the soup. Or even some ground beef or stew meat could be a great add-in.

As the recipe is, it is a meatless barley mushroom soup. But feel free to add meat if you want. This would be great to use leftover holiday ham or turkey in.

What If I Can't Find Petite Purple Potatoes

Petite purple potatoes can be hard to find at times. If your supermarket doesn't have any in stock, go right ahead and reach for a yellow gold. Or any petite potato.

Or if you only have russets or Yukon gold potatoes, peel, and dice into bite-size pieces for the soup.

Does This Soup Freeze Well

Absolutely! If you are a fan of meal prepping, go right ahead and whip up a batch and freeze leftovers.

I like to pour into single-serve containers and use that to meal prep for easy lunches in the week or busy weeknight dinners I can just reheat a soup at the end of a long hard day.

Just remember soups expand as they freeze, so make sure to leave room in the freezer-friendly container, or it will pop the lid off. You can also freeze in a sealable bag and lay flat to help limit the space used.

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Recipe

Yield: 6 servings

Instant Pot Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe

Typical of the rainy season, mushrooms have a subtle flavor that makes them perfect accompaniments to soups or the star of the recipe, as in this case. This Mushroom Barley Soup recipe is an easy and delicious vegetarian soup recipe with a rich flavor.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Additional Time 5 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

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Mushroom Barley Soup Recipe

Instructions

Set instant pot to sauté. Add oil, onions, and celery and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for 1 minute. Turn Instant Pot off.
Deglaze the Instant Pot, add broth and scrape the bottom of the pan.
Add barley, dill, mushrooms, carrots, mushrooms, and potatoes. Seal the Instant Pot and set to manual high pressure for 15 minutes.
Natural release for 5 minutes, then quick release remaining steam.

Notes

Other broth flavors can be substituted if you don't need to make the recipe vegetarian.

Meat Variation:

Add 4 pre-roasted lamb chops and ½ cup of white wine reduced with the spices of the soup.

Author

Jessica McCoy

Jessica McCoy is a seasoned food blogger with 14+ years of experience in the industry. As a self-taught home cook, she enjoys creating and finetuning easy recipes that are fool proof and simple for anyone to make. Her expertise is in all things kitchen: cooking tips, air fryer recipes, Instant Pot and other pressure cooking recipes, and slow cooker recipes. Jessica was the previous owner of AllSheCooks, where she focused on easy every day recipes including budget friendly dinner recipes and desserts.

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