Chicken Barley Soup with Sweet Potato

Ingredients

• 1.3 cups barley 
• 3 cups carrots sliced
• 0.5 cup celery diced
• 3 cups chicken breast diced cooked
• 2.5 quarts chicken stock see 
• 0.5 cup optional: dill fresh chopped
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• 16 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 2 teaspoons olive oil 
• 1  onion diced spanish
• 2  parsnips diced
• 4 large sweet potatoes diced peeled

Equipment

• pot

Directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large heavy stockpot over medium heat; cook and stir onion, celery, and garlic in hot oil until onion is slightly tender, about 8 minutes.
2. Stir chicken stock, chicken, carrots, parsnips, and barley into onion mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until barley is slightly tender, about 30 minutes.
3. Stir sweet potatoes into soup and simmer until sweet potatoes and barley are tender, about 30 minutes; season with dill, salt, and pepper.