Escarole Soup with Barley and Parmesan

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This hearty, comforting and delicious meatless Escarole Soup with Barley and Parmesan is super simple to make! The soup can be made with chicken stock, or vegetable stock to make it totally vegetarian!

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Super simple and cozy- this Escarole Soup with Barley and Parmesan makes a great weeknight meal or hearty lunch! While the soup can be made with chicken stock, if you make it with vegetable stock- it’s 100% vegetarian!

Soup ingredients

To make this Escarole Soup with Barley and Parmesan, you will need:

• Plenty of good quality olive oil.
• 1-2 large heads escarole, cleaned and rough chopped. Add as much or as little as you like!
• Chicken stock or vegetable stock.
• An onion, some celery and a few small carrots.
• A bunch of garlic. This recipe calls for 6 cloves but if you’re a garlic fiend- go nuts!
• A touch of crushed red pepper flakes for some heat.
• Beaten eggs, for texture.
• Some barley.
• 1 parmesan rind– any size will do, The rind imparts great flavor on the broth, and is highly recommended. Save the rest of the parm for grating on the finished soup!

Prepping the ingredients

Once you have all of your veggies chopped and ready to go- this soup comes together in no time.

To make the soup, sauté your aromatics, then simmer, stream the eggs in, and serve!

Serving suggestions

Once the soup is ready to eat, I like to serve it alongside some crusty bread and salad, with extra olive oil and plenty of grated parmesan cheese.

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Looking for more great recipes? Why not try my Instant Pot Minestrone Soup with Kale, Easy Chicken and Dumplings, Crockpot Mexican Chicken Pozole Verde, or Shrimp Corn Chowder!

Print Recipe

Escarole Soup with Barley and Parmesan

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time32 mins

Course: Appetizer, Dinner

Keyword: barley, escarole, parmesan, vegetarian

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1-2 large heads escarole, cleaned and rough chopped 
• 6 cups chicken stock or vegetable stock
• 1 medium onion, finely diced 
• 1 small stalk celery with leaves, chopped finely 
• 2 small carrots, chopped finely
• 6 cloves garlic, minced 
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 large eggs, beaten 
• 1/2 cup barley
• 1 parmesan rind
• salt and fresh ground pepper to taste 
• fresh grated parmesan cheese, for serving 

Instructions

• Add olive oil to large stock pot, and heat over medium heat.

  2. Add the celery, carrots and onion, and season with alt and pepper.

  3. Cook, stirring occasionally for 5-7 minutes, until onions are softened.

  4. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, and cook 2 minutes more, stirring occasionally.

  5. Add the barley, escarole, stock and parmesan rind, stir well to combine.

  6. Turn heat to high, and bring to a boil.

  7. Once boiling, reduce heat to low, cover and cook 30 minutes.

  8. After 30 minutes, remove the parmesan rind.

  9. While stirring the soup, slowly stream in beaten eggs.

  10. Cook 1-2 minutes more.

  Serve soup hot with additional olive oil if desired, and plenty of grated parmesan cheese.

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