Barley Casserole

Barley Casserole

from thesouthernladycooks.com
Side Dish
80 min

This casserole is always on our table during the holidays. I've never made it and not had someone want the recipe. It's just THAT good!

Ingredients

  • ½ cupbutter or margarine or 1 stick or 8 tablespoons
  • 1 cupquick cooking barley
  • 1 mediumonion chopped
  • ½ cupslivered almonds
  • 12 oz. pkg dehydrated onion soup
  • 2 cupschicken broth
  • 13 oz. can drained mushroom slices (reserve liquid)
  • 15 oz. can water chestnuts, drained and sliced

Directions

  1. 1

    Heat butter in saucepan, add barley and onion and saute till golden color. Add almonds, dry onion soup and chicken broth. Saute mushrooms a few minutes in a little butter and add to barley along with water chestnuts and liquid drained from canned mushrooms.

  2. 2

    Stir well, turn into a greased casserole. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour adding more liquid if needed.