Cock-A-Leekie Soup

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Ingredients

• INGREDIENTS
• 2 1⁄2 lbs frying chickens, cut up
• 4 cups water
• 1 medium carrot, sliced
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 1⁄2 cup barley
• 2 teaspoons chicken bouillon
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 1⁄2 cups leeks, with tops (sliced and cleaned very well)

Preparation

Step 1

Heat all ingredients except leeks to boiling in large stockpot or Dutch oven.
Reduce heat, cover and simmer 30 minutes.
Add leeks.
Bring back to a boil; 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.
Skim fat from both and remove bay leaf.
Cut chicken into 1 inch pieces and return to broth.
Heat about 5 minutes; serve.