COCKALEEKIE SOUP

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A filling winter stew served best with crusty bread on a cold day. This recipe will make enough to give to your neighbors and friends.

Provided by Thrillqill

Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Chicken Soup Recipes

Time 3h30m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

20 cups water
1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken
½ white onion, chopped
2 large carrots, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
6 large leeks, cut into 1-inch chunks, or more to taste
⅔ cup pearl barley
1 teaspoon celery seed
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 284.5 calories, Carbohydrate 20.2 g, Cholesterol 33.5 mg, Fat 18.2 g, Fiber 3.8 g, Protein 10.8 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 266.2 mg, Sugar 3.9 g