COCK A LEEKIE SOUP.

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If chicken noodle is the Jewish antibiotic then this is its Scottish cousin on steroids. This really is good for what ails you. Traditional Scottish soup/stew. Its somewhere in the middle. Rich &hearty. My onion hating daughter LOVES this stuff. Yes it calls for prunes. Don't let that put you off. Old days before sugar as we...

Provided by mary hendricks

Categories     Chicken Soups

Time 4h

Number Of Ingredients 9

1/2 chicken
2 qt chicken stock
2 large leek
4 clove garlic
1 c uncooked barley
1/3 c sliced prunes
To taste salt
3 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp each of rosemary and thyme

Steps:

  • 1. I make my own stock boiling the chicken and adding an onion carrot celery some herbs.. but store bought work a fine. Just need 2 qts of stock
  • 2. Cook 1 cup of barley as directed on product
  • 3. Wash leeks well they hold dirt! Slice In to rounds 1/3 -1/2 inch thick.
  • 4. Heat oil toss in garlic rosemary and cut leeks. Cook stirring often until leeks are bright green and the white is semi translucent.
  • 5. Add 2qt of stock and cooked cut up chicken( small bite size) 2tsp of thyme simmer an hour
  • 6. Add barley simmer an hour.. stir occasionally
  • 7. Add sliced prunes and simmer 10 minutes. Done

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