{"id":3271,"slug":"stovetop-barley-ii","title":"Stovetop Barley II","description":"This method for cooking barley frees the cook from having to worry about the amount of water initially used, thereby removing the risk of grossly under-cooked barley that exists with the rice (absorption) method. It is useful when one wishes to leave the barley largely unattended (as the risk of scorching and sticking are all but non-existent), or when one cannot find the lid to one's pot.","ingredients_raw":["Barley","Water","Salt (optional)","Neutral cooking oil (optional, to reduce foaming)"],"ingredients_norm":["barley","water","salt","neutral cooking oil"],"steps":["If desired, rinse barley under running water until water runs clear.","Place the barley in a pot, and add enough water to cover the barley by several inches. Add salt and oil.","Cover, and bring to a boil, skimming any foam that forms.","Boil until barley grains have swelled to 3 times their original size and are a semiopaque white.","Drain into a colander."],"categories":["Recipes using barley"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"very easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Stovetop_Barley_II","source_ref":"4620881","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Stovetop_Barley_II&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"5dd568e5688710befc285ea2be96285ba08661d1375e7993253c0c72e4bb9b07","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:24Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/stovetop-barley-ii"}