Tastes Like Chicken! Recipes
(From Chicken Recipes Compiled Since 1992)

Chicken and Leek Soup (Cock-a-Leekie)

Category: Soups

Servings: Makes 7 servings

Description: Scottish soup with chicken, barley, and leeks.

Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 lb broiler-fryer whole chicken, cut up
• 4 C water
• 1 med carrot, sliced
• 1 med stalk celery, sliced
• 1/2 C barley
• 2 t instant chicken bouillon
• 2 t salt
• 1/4 t pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1/2 C sliced leeks (with tops)

Instructions:

1. Boil all ingredients except leeks. Simmer 30 minutes.
2. Add leeks. Simmer 15 minutes.
3. Remove chicken, cool, and cut into 1-inch pieces.
4. Skim fat, remove bay leaf, return chicken, and heat.