Baked Barley With Shiitake Mushrooms And Caramelized Onions

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 1/2 cups chopped onion (about 3 medium)
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 3 cups sliced button mushrooms (about 9 ounces)
• 3 cups sliced shiitake mushroom caps (about 8 ounces)
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked pearl barley
• 1 tablespoon low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
• 4 cups vegetable broth
• Fresh thyme sprigs (optional)

1. Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and sugar; cover and cook 25 minutes or until golden brown, stirring frequently. Add mushrooms; cook 10 minutes or until browned, stirring frequently. Add barley; cook 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in soy sauce, salt, pepper, and thyme.
2. Preheat oven to 350u0b0.
3. Bring broth to a boil in a medium saucepan. Pour broth over barley mixture; cover and bake at 350u0b0 for 1 hour or until barley is tender. Let stand 10 minutes. Garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.

butter, onion, sugar, button mushrooms, shiitake mushroom, pearl barley, soy sauce, salt, black pepper, thyme, vegetable broth, thyme

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/baked-barley-with-shiitake-mushrooms-and-caramelized-onions-1243328 (may not work)