chicken mushroom barley soup

Ingredients For chicken mushroom barley soup

• 1/2 c

  butter
• 2 Tbsp

  olive oil
• 1 lg

  onion, diced
• 4 stalk

  celery, diced
• 1 1/2 c

  thickly sliced carrots
• 1 lb

  mushrooms, sliced
• 1/2 tsp

  each sea salt and pepper
• 4 clove

  garlic, minced
• 1 1/2 tsp

  thyme, dried
• 3 Tbsp

  tomato paste*
• 1 - 32 oz

  box of chicken broth or 4 cups
• 4 c

  water
• 1/2 - 3/4 c

  barley
• 3

  raw chicken breast, cubed
• sea salt and pepper to taste