pressure cooker barley

This 20 minute instant pot barley is a delicious healthy grain dish to use for meal prep, to serve as a side dish or use in buddha bowls. It can be added to soup or used in barley salad.

Instant Pot Barley

water

olive oil (or unsalted butter)

salt

Stir together barley, water, oil and salt in the insert of an instant pot.

Cover and set vent to sealed. Pressure cook on high for 20 minutes.

Carefully turn vent to quick release (or natural release if desired.) Remove lid and fluff with a fork. If there is excess moisture in the bottom of the instant pot insert, drain the cooked barley through a fine-mesh sieve.

So easy, so delicious! Thank you for another great recipe. :)

Another reason to love my Instant Pot! Love how healthy and easy this recipe is and so many great uses. Thanks for sharing!

This is such an easy and quick way to cook barley. It's a nice change to using rice or potatoes as the carbs for my meals.

My new favorite way to cook barley! The barley was perfectly cooked and fluffy.

I love a good soup recipe and barley is delicious! This is great that it's made in the instant pot!

Lots of words but actual recipe is  very brief and UNCLEAR.


    Is amount of hulled/pot barley measured before or after rinsing? It makes a difference!!

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If you are wondering how to make barley in an Instant Pot or pressure cooker, you are in the right place. This method for cooking barley in an Instant Pot is a great kitchen trick to know about. It is a delicious healthy grain dish to use for meal prep, to serve as a side dish, for buddha bowls, added to soup or used in barley salad. Plus with only 5 minutes of hands-on time and needing only 20 minutes to cook, it couldn’t be easier! Read on, because I have a complete guide to how to make perfectly cooked barley for you today.

Cooking barley in an instant pot/pressure cooker (pearled or hulled) is the fastest way to cook this heart-healthy grain in only 20 minutes!

pearl barley ((see notes for hulled))

olive oil ((optional))

Add the barley (1 cup), water (2 cups), salt (1/4 teaspoon), and olive oil (1 tablespoon) to your pressure cooker. Stir together.

Make sure the vent is set to &quot;sealed.&quot; Cover the pressure cooker and set the pressure to manual, high, for 20 minutes.

When the time is up, quick release the pressure by using a wooden spoon (or something similar) to change the vent from &quot;sealed&quot; to &quot;venting.&quot;

Once the float valve has depressed and it&#039;s safe to open, open the pressure cooker and fluff barley with a fork.

Fab method of cooking pearl barley, thank you so much! 

How can I double it please?  I guess I double all quantities, but what do I do to the cooking time? Many thanks!

Simple and great recipe. I had a hard time getting a nice chewy consistency, not a mush, but this recipe here is just perfect! Thank you!

The instructions on the bag were to boil water and cook for 45 minutes. This IP recipe took half the time and came out great!

Thank you for sharing how to do this. I've always cooked barley in a pot on the stove but was certain it would be much easier in the Instant Pot. It turned out perfectly!

So easy! Thanks for the recipe, they cooked to perfection!

I find that the result is less messy if I put the barley  (or rice or steel cut oats) with water in a 2 cup Pyrex measuring beaker and place it on the trivet.  Set the timer for the same amount of time as recommended for that grain.

Clear and complete in every way--from directions to nutritional data to storage in fridge/freezer. Meguido [he/him]

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