# Hull-less barley - ideas on how to use?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hull-less-barley-ideas-on-how-to-use/795931
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 9, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hull-less-barley-ideas-on-how-to-use/795931 "2017-09-09T19:47:38Z")
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### Author:  [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hull-less-barley-ideas-on-how-to-use/795931/1 "2017-09-09T19:47:38Z")
I’m trying lots of new things since getting my Instant Pot. Latest: hull-less barley. I’ve always loved barley in soup but regular pearled barley has all the fiber polished away, so I thought I’d try hull-less (which is a variety that has an edible hull, or one that is loose enough to be gotten rid of without polishing, I’m not sure which).
Anyway, I cooked some last night in beef broth. Still haven’t figured out the cooking time; it was too chewy after a half hour so I gave it another ten, then another.
The results were great. Still very chewy, but cooked enough that this was a feature, not a flaw.
It seems like this world be great served as a salad (maybe not cooked in beef broth…). Any recipes you think could be adapted? I don’t think grabbing a random pasta salad recipe would work; this barley is pretty assertive stuff!
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hull-less-barley-ideas-on-how-to-use/795931/2 "2017-09-09T22:52:23Z")
I think any quinoa recipe would be adaptable to barley.
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### Author:  [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2017, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hull-less-barley-ideas-on-how-to-use/795931/3 "2017-09-10T02:45:54Z")
Try using it instead of bulghur wheat in recipes. [Tabbouleh](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/tabbouleh-recipe-2131154)is a classic (add feta!). For something different, you could try making [koliva](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koliva) which is sort of like rice pudding. (It’s a dish used mostly for religious festivities with us, but no reason not to share a good recipe!) I like mine with honey and mini chocolate chips.