A super-easy pearl barley dish that is cheap and tasty. It's simple to scale up too, so if you need to serve four – double the ingredients! See the tip for ingredient substitution ideas.

About Barley Risotto with Marinated Chicken Recipe: Barley cooked Risotto style. This rich and earthy dish is perfect for all the health fanatics! Served with marinated chicken thighs.

One of the winners of our 100th Issue recipe competition, interpretation officer Emma Booth (far left) impressed the Stylist panel with this alternative risotto, which makes a delightful main course.

Don’t waste any of it. Slice the tougher ends into thin pieces and add with leeks to this simple-to-make risotto. Barley, which is traditionally thrown into soups and casseroles to thicken them ...

Pearl barley is cheap, filling and really good for you – and in this risotto-style dish it also tastes fabulous. Once cooked it reheats better than rice, making it perfect for batch cooking.

Pearl barley is small round grains of barley that have had the hull and bran ground off and then been polished. It's particularly good when used in risottos: the texture of the barley is ...

You can make risotto-like dishes with other long grain rice like Jasmine rice and even grains like farro, barley, and quinoa, but they won't typically be as creamy as short grain rice risotto. This ...