Cock-a-Leekie (Chicken and Leek Soup) |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 60 Minutes Servings: 7 |
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A very healthy, heart-warming soup. Ingredients:
2 1/2 lbs frying chickens, cut up |
4 cups water |
1 medium carrot, sliced |
1 stalk celery, sliced |
1/2 cup barley |
2 teaspoons chicken bouillon |
2 teaspoons salt |
1/4 teaspoon pepper |
1 bay leaf |
1 1/2 cups leeks, with tops (sliced and cleaned very well) |
Directions:
1. Heat all ingredients except leeks to boiling in large stockpot or Dutch oven.
2. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
3. Add leeks.
4. Bring back to a boil; reduce heat.
5. Cover and simmer until thickest pieces of chicken are done, about 15 minutes.
6. Remove chicken from broth and cool slightly; remove chicken from bones and skin.
7. Skim fat from both and remove bay leaf.
8. Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces and return to broth.
9. Heat about 5 minutes; serve.
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