Pearl barley
Also called pearled barley
Pearl barley is a refined barley grain with a chewy texture. Cooks use it in stews.
- Category
- Grains, flours & pasta
- Made from
- Barley
- Texture
- Chewy
- Cooked most in
- Europe
- Top country
- Italy
- Dishes
- 2 in the catalogue
- Energy
- 352 kcal per 100 g
Photo: Johann Jaritz · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
In the kitchen
How to use pearl barley
Typical ways to cook or use it
- Stew
Cooking with it
It cooks faster than hulled barley.
Flavour
Taste and texture
Texture
- Chewy
Nutrition
What 100 g of pearl barley holds
Protein 11%Fat 1%Carbohydrate 88%of the macronutrients by weight
| Energy | 352 kcal · 1,473 kJ |
|---|---|
| Protein | 9.9 g |
| Fat | 1.2 g |
| of which saturated | 0.24 g |
| Carbohydrate | 78 g |
| of which sugars | 0.8 g |
| Fibre | 16 g |
| Sodium | 9 mg |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg |
| Potassium | 280 mg |
|---|---|
| Calcium | 29 mg |
| Iron | 2.5 mg |
| Magnesium | 79 mg |
| Zinc | 2.1 mg |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | 1 µg |
| Folate | 23 µg |
Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 170284), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.
On the table
Dishes made with pearl barley
Rumford's Soup
Orzotto
Italy
Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include pearl barley.
Family
Related forms
- Made from
- barley (refined)
- A kind of
- barley
Around the world
What pearl barley is called
Spanish
cebada perlada
French
orge perlé
Italian
orzo perlato
Portuguese
Cevada perolizada
German
Graupen · Gräupchen · Rollgerste · Kochgerste
Dutch
parelgort · gort · gort (gerst)
Greek
μαργαριταρώδης κριθή · κριθάρι περλέ
Turkish
Gevrek arpa
Russian
Ячменная крупа
Polish
kasza perłowa · kasza jęczmienna perłowa
Hebrew
גריסים
Chinese
大麥米
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Azerbaijani
Arpa yarması
Basque
Perla-garagar
Bulgarian
перлен ечемик
Chuvash
Урпа кĕрпи
Czech
ječné kroupy · kroupy
Danish
Perlebyg
Esperanto
hordea grio
Estonian
Kruup
Finnish
ohraryyni
Hungarian
árpagyöngy
Irish
eorna phéarlach
Japanese
精白大麦
Korean
보리쌀
Latin
Polenta
Low Saxon
pillegarste
Mongolian
Хөц будаа
Norwegian Bokmål
perlebygg · byggryn
Romanian
orz perlat
Slovak
jačmenné krúpy perličky
Slovenian
Ješprenj · ješprenjček · olupjen ječmen · ječmenček
Swedish
pärlgryn
Ukrainian
Ячмінна крупа
Western Frisian
Grôt
Sources and credits
Data
- GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
- USDA FoodData Central (Foundation, SR Legacy): nutrition values (Public domain (US government work, CC0))
- Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
- Wikimedia Commons: photos
Wikidata item: Q2743860
Photos
Photo: Johann Jaritz · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons