Cock-a-Leekie Soup (Classic)

Name: Cock-a-Leekie Soup (Classic)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Cuisine: Scottish
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken; 4 large leeks, sliced; 2 carrots, diced; 1 cup pearl barley; 6 pitted prunes, halved; 2L cold water; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp thyme; fresh parsley to garnish; salt and pepper to taste

A traditional Scottish chicken and leek soup with prunes and barley.

Total time

135 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

120 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Scottish

Ingredients

1whole chicken

4large leeks, sliced

2carrots, diced

1 cuppearl barley

6pitted prunes, halved

2Lcold water

2bay leaves

1 tspthyme

fresh parsleyto garnish

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Simmer chicken in water with bay and thyme for 1.5 hours.

Remove chicken. Shred meat.

Add barley to stock. Simmer 30 minutes.

Add leeks, carrots and prunes. Cook 20 minutes.

Return chicken. Season. Scatter parsley.