Cockaleekie Soup

Cock-a-leekie soup is a filling winter stew with chicken, leeks, and barley and goes quite nicely with a chunk of crusty bread.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr
• Total Time: 3 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 285 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken
• 2 large carrots, chopped
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 20 cups water
• 6 large leeks, cut into 1-inch chunks, or more to taste
• 0.5 white onion, chopped
• 0.66666668653488 cup pearl barley

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring water to a boil in a large stock pot; cook chicken in the boiling water until fully cooked, about 1 hour. Remove chicken, keeping water in stock pot, and cool; discard skin, pull meat from bones, and put bones back into water for stock. Add onion, carrots, and celery to water and boil, about 1 hour.

Step 2

Soak leeks in a bowl of water, about 10 minutes; drain.

Step 3

Remove bones and vegetables from stock using a slotted spoon. Add chicken meat, leeks, barley, celery seed, cloves, salt, and black pepper to stock and simmer until barley is tender and flavors have blended, about 1 hour.