Slow Cooker Chicken Barley Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium onion, chopped
4 celery ribs, chopped
3 carrots, peeled chopped
2 minced garlic cloves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups chopped mushrooms
1 cup cooked chicken breast, chopped
1/2 cup pearl barley, picked over and rinsed
8 cups chicken broth

Preparation

Heat the chicken broth and pour into slow cooker.
Place chopped vegetables; onions, garlic, celery and carrots in microwave container; microwave 5 minutes.
Spoon into Slow cooker and cook on High for 2 hours,.
Heat up mushrooms in microwave.
Add rinsed barley,chicken and mushrooms, salt and pepper to the Slow Cooker.
On high cook another hour.
Serve with crackers.