Easy Homemade Chicken Barley Soup (Krupnik) Recipe

Add the water and drumsticks to a large pot and place on a burner on medium heat. Once the water starts to boil, cook for 20 minutes.
8 cups water, 4 chicken drumsticks
While the chicken cooks, prep your veggies. Dice the onion, carrot, celery and potatoes. Put the potatoes in a separate bowl as they will be added to the soup at a different time. Also, wash and chop the dill and parsley, set them aside, and peel the garlic.
½ small onion, 1 celery stalk, 1 carrot, 1 lb Potatoes, 1 tbsp fresh parsley, 1 tbsp fresh dill, 2 cloves garlic
Add the onion, celery, carrots and garlic cloves (whole) to the pot and cook for 10 minutes.
½ small onion, 1 celery stalk, 1 carrot, 2 cloves garlic
Add the potatoes and barley and cook for another 20 minutes or until the potatoes are almost soft when pierced with a fork and the barley is al dente. This timing will depend on how big the potato pieces are.
¼ cup pot barley, 1 lb Potatoes
Remove the chicken from the pot and take the meat off the bones. I don’t include the skin but you can. Chop the meat into small pieces and add it back to the pot.
Add the chopped parsley, dill, salt and pepper, and cook for another 5 minutes.
1 tbsp fresh parsley, 1 tbsp fresh dill, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp ground black pepper