HELP! I bought Pearl Barley instead of Quick Cooking Barley for a recipe and need to know the difference...?

...can you help me?





My soup recipe calls for 1 qt. (4 cups) water and 1/2 cup quick-cooking barley. Besides the cooking time, what else needs to be adjusted? Thanks!HELP! I bought Pearl Barley instead of Quick Cooking Barley for a recipe and need to know the difference...?
Pearled barley cooks slower than quick barley. It does not take that much longer. I just made some yesterday. I boiled 1 cup of barley to 2 cups of water. I let the water boil and put it on low fire after it boiled for a few seconds. Took about 30 minutes to cook. Barley is divine!HELP! I bought Pearl Barley instead of Quick Cooking Barley for a recipe and need to know the difference...?
You could pre-cook your barley separately, as Des has described ( like cooking rice!) and add to your recipe and slightly decreasing the water by maybe 1/2 cup.


Or follow your normal recipe but using the pearl barley and a little extra water and extending the cooking time to 1/2 hour. And you might want to wait to add the green peppers midway through if you don't want them too mushy.


Sounds good! I'll have to try it.
Besides cooking, Pearl Barley is the whole grain (much healthier) and quick cooking is not. Like the difference bwtn brown and white rice.
Quick cooking is pre cooked a little.