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Soup-e Jo (Barley Soup)

Name: Soup-e Jo (Barley Soup)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Iran
Ingredients: 4 tbsp Barley; 100g Chicken thigh; 1 Carrot; 1 Potato; 1/2 Onion; 1 tbsp Lemon juice; To taste Parsley; 700ml Water

Soup

⏱ 45 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐

Barley simmered slowly with vegetables — a gentle, nourishing Iranian home soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

A gentle, nutritious soup that simmers barley with vegetables and chicken, easy on the digestion. Made frequently when someone isn't feeling well or as a dinner on cold days, finished with a squeeze of lemon juice and a scatter of parsley — the ingredients vary by household, a humble, warming dish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A winter night in Iran, soup-e jo warming the body on the table — often made for a family member with a cold, a gentle comfort.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Barley 4 tbsp
Chicken thigh 100g
Carrot 1
Potato 1
Onion 1/2
Lemon juice 1 tbsp
Parsley To taste
Water 700ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the barley and parboil for 20 minutes.
Combine the chicken, cubed carrot, potato, and onion with water in a pot and simmer.
Add the barley and simmer 20 more minutes until tender.
Season with salt.
Add the lemon juice.
Scatter with parsley to finish.

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