Barley Chicken Casserole

Adapted from https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9028/barley-chicken-casserole/

Original recipe yields 4 servings

Ingredients

1 tbsp olive oil

1 onion, thinly sliced

2 carrots, diced

12 mushrooms sliced

2 ½ cups chicken stock

1 cup barley

1 green bell pepper, chopped

cooked chicken meat, shredded

2 slices ham, diced

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 teaspoon dried marjoram

1 bay leaf

Salt to taste

ground black pepper to taste

1/4-1/2 cup chopped parsley

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C)

Saute onions, mushrooms, carrots until onions translucent. Add parsley for last minute. Combine in 9x13 inch baking dish sauteed veg, green pepper, barley, chicken, ham, thyme, marjoram, parsley, bay leaf. salt and pepper to taste. Pout in stock and mix

Cover and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes. Check liquid level periodically.

MIx chopped parsley into finished dish.