Real cock-a-leekie (chicken leek soup)

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Preparation Time:

10 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 1/2 lb Chicken; fryer, cut up
4 c -Water
1 Carrot; sliced
1 Celery; sliced stalk
1/2 c Barley
2 ts Chicken bouillon
2 ts -Salt
1/4 ts -Pepper
1 Bay leaf
1 1/2 c Leeks; sliced with tops

Heat all ingredients except leeks to boiling in Dutch oven. Reduce
heat. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Add leeks. Heat to boiling;
reduce heat. Cover and simmer until thickest pieces of chicken are
done, about 15 minutes. Remove chicken from broth and cool slightly.
Remove chicken from bones and skin; cut chicken into 1 inch pieces.
Skim fat from both. Remove bay leaf. Add chicken to broth. Heat until
hot, about 5 minutes.