Recipe - Chicken Black Bean And Barley Soup

1 cup Dried black beans
4 Chicken legs; thighs and
drumsticks
1 Onion; quartered
2 Celery ribs; chopped
One half cup Barley
One half teaspoon Dry mustard
1/8 teaspoon Cayenne pepper

Prep: 15 min, Marinate: 1:00, Cook: 1:30.

Cover beans with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook 3 minutes.
Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 1 hour. Return pan to medium heat
and add chicken, onion, and celery. Cook 1 hour. Remove chicken. Add barley
and season with pepper to taste, mustard, and cayenne. Cook 30 minutes,
until beans and barley are tender. Remove chicken from bones and shred.
Return meat to soup. Season with salt to taste.

Posted to recipeludigest by molony molony@scsn.net on Feb 25, 1998