Description
This Warm Citrus Barley Salad sparkles with the flavors of mandarins, grapefruit, whole grain barley, kale, red onions, walnuts, and a lemony chipotle vinaigrette.
Ingredients
Cooked Barley:
- 1 cup barley, uncooked
- 3 ½ cups water
Salad:
- 3 medium mandarin oranges
- 1 small grapefruit
- ½ medium red onion, sliced
- 4 cups chopped fresh kale, lightly packed
- 1/3 cup chopped walnuts
Lemon Chipotle Vinaigrette:
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
- 1 ½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon chipotle seasoning
- Salt to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Place barley in a small pot with water. Bring to a boil, cover, and cook until just tender, yet firm (about 30 minutes). Drain any remaining water.
- While barley is cooking, prepare the salad and vinaigrette.
- Peel mandarin oranges and slice into thin horizontal circles.
- Peel grapefruit, and segment, removing the membrane around the segments.
- Place sliced mandarin oranges and grapefruit segments in a large salad bowl.
- Add red onion slices and chopped kale.
- Add warm cooked barley.
- Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
- Whisk together lemon juice, mustard, olive oil, chipotle seasoning, and salt (optional) in a small dish.
- Pour over the salad and toss together gently.
- Serve immediately.
- Makes 8 servings.
Notes
Serve this warm or at room temperature. Chill leftovers in a covered container in the fridge, and reheat or serve cold.
To make this recipe gluten-free, use a gluten-free grain instead of barley, such as quinoa, brown rice or sorghum.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 211
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 64 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 6 g
- Protein: 6 g