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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal589
  • fat15g
  • saturates3g
  • carbs73g
  • sugars11g
  • fibre8g
  • protein43g
  • salt0.8g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat a large pan over a medium heat. Add the olive oil and cook the leeks for a few mins, then add the garlic and cook for just 1 min more.

  • step 2

    Add the pearl barley, carrots and mustard, then pour over the chicken stock. Season with plenty of ground black pepper and simmer for 20 mins, stirring occasionally. Add the cabbage with the bacon, and cook for 5-10 mins until cabbage is wilted and tender. Serve with extra Dijon mustard on the side.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2014

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.70 ratings

juleschammond75584

Lovely winter dish, I used Ham hock, and cooked it by roasting. Removed the crackling, served the dish with creamy mash with spring onions and tge crackling. It was delicious. I'm such a cannot your food. Thank you, for the great ideas. Inspirational.

Denbyden

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I made this with bacon and wondered how it would be without it as a veggie recipe. If so, any thoughts about what to use instead? And how about adding more veg such as celery and peas?

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goodfoodteam

Hi, thanks for your question. You could definitely do this as a veggie version. We'd suggest replacing the bacon with a similar weight of chopped, fried mushrooms. The extra veg you suggest would also work well, especially the celery (add this with the leeks). We hope this helps, BBC Good Food Team.

Denbyden

This was very good. I will be making it again. I was careless in my reading of the recipe; realised that I had not already cooked the bacon so chucked it in with the leeks along with the carrot and it turned out well. I had also covered the barley in boiling water for the soak, so it was partially…

JackieWT

I’d love to know if this recipe can be converted for a slow cooker or an air-fryer ? And which of those would it be best suited to? It would be great if bbcgoodfood recipes showed where conversions for slow cooker/air fryer / microwave are possible & also provide instructions for the best…

dollysparkle

Awful

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