Stovetop Barley II

Name: Stovetop Barley II
Ingredients: Barley; Water; Salt (optional); Neutral cooking oil (optional, to reduce foaming)

This method for cooking barley frees the cook from having to worry about the amount of water initially used, thereby removing the risk of grossly under-cooked barley that exists with the rice…

Ingredients

Barley
Water
Salt (optional)
Neutral cooking oil (optional, to reduce foaming)

Steps

If desired, rinse barley under running water until water runs clear.
Place the barley in a pot, and add enough water to cover the barley by several inches. Add salt and oil.
Cover, and bring to a boil, skimming any foam that forms.
Boil until barley grains have swelled to 3 times their original size and are a semiopaque white.
Drain into a colander.

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Adapted from “Stovetop Barley II” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.