Paprika Monterey Jack Mushroom Barley Chowder

Ingredients

• 5 cupsVegetable Broth
• 1 onionYellow Onion
• 2 tbspUnsalted Butter
• 3 tbspCornstarch
• 10 ozCremini Mushroom
• ¾ cupPearl Barley
• 2 cupsTwo Percent Milk
• 4 ozMonterey Jack Cheese
• 1 tspSmoked Paprika
• ¾ tspTable Salt

Instructions

1. Wash all produce under running water, and keep leafy greens separate from raw meat and poultry. Chop the Yellow Onion and prepare the Cremini Mushroom, Pearl Barley, draining and rinsing any canned ingredient.
2. Melt the Unsalted Butter in a soup pot. Cook the Yellow Onion and Cremini Mushroom, Pearl Barley with the Table Salt for 6 minutes, then add the Vegetable Broth and simmer until the firmest ingredient is tender.
3. Whisk the Cornstarch into the liquid ingredient among the Two Percent Milk, Monterey Jack Cheese, Smoked Paprika, stir all of the Two Percent Milk, Monterey Jack Cheese, Smoked Paprika into the pot, and simmer gently until the chowder thickens. Serve hot.