Can I Make The Chicken Barley In A Slow Cooker?

Our answer

Nigella's Chicken Barley (from AT MY TABLE) is a comforting cross between a soup and a stew. It is also a one pot dish that needs very little hands-on time. We believe that it is possible to cook the Chicken Barley in a slow cooker. As the recipe does not require the vegetables or chicken to be browned first, there is no need to do this for the slow cooker either and you can just put all the ingredients into the pot.

In a slow cooker the Chicken Barley should take around 4 hours on a high setting. However, models of slow cooker do vary and so it may take longer depending on the temperature settings of the slow cooker. if you were to use a low setting then it could take 8 hours to cook, though we would suggest using the high setting to make sure that the barley softens enough in the slow cooker.