Bring water to a boil in a large stock pot. Normally packaged chicken stocks are fine but if you are going to make this soup use homemade chicken stock. I sometimes get told off for making recipes on the blog that don t follow the exact ingredients or approach for the traditional version. Adding 30g of rice is barely noticeable. Slice the leeks as desired perhaps 1 4.

If you re looking for a filling and warming dinner this creamy cock a leekie soup with bacon and rice is just the thing. Use as much as 2 of the green. Add the stock rice and bouquet garni and return the chicken to the pan. In this cock a leekie soup i made chicken stock in my pressure cooker. You need enough to cover the chicken.

Cut off and discard the root area 1 8 up the white bulb. The barley was quite evident in the soup and it was more like the cock a leekie i remember from the past. Our recipe uses a whole chicken cooked in a pot but no prunes. If you like the sweet savory combination use prunes either by adding 12 pitted prunes to the pot 40 minutes before the end of the cooking time or by slicing some stewed prunes on top as garnish. This recipe from serious eats is great for using a pressure cooker.

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Bring back to a boil. Barley is also a grain of choice to make the soup but rice is preferred. Add the bay and season with salt and pepper. Reduce heat cover and simmer 30 minutes. Cock a leekie soup recipe one whole chicken or several pieces of uncooked and boned wings legs or quarters 400g of leeks 100g of precooked prunes that have had their stones removed 25g of rice 2 litres of water or soup stock one teaspoon of brown sugar seasoning of salt and pepper one bay leaf and some thyme parsley for the garnish.

Heat all ingredients except leeks to boiling in large stockpot or dutch oven. Remove chicken keeping water in stock pot and cool. Then wash the slices thoroughly turning them over and over under running water in a colander to get rid of the sand and dirt in which they were grown. Discard skin pull meat from bones and put bones back into water for stock. Season with salt and pepper then bring to the boil reduce heat cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until the chicken is tender.

Cook chicken in the boiling water until fully cooked about 1 hour. Next time i made this i replaced the 30g of rice with 200g of pearl barley. Cook chicken in the boiling water until fully cooked about 1 hour. Heat all ingredients except leeks to boiling in large stockpot or dutch oven. Bring back to a boil.

Next time i made this i replaced the 30g of rice with 200g of pearl barley. Cut off and discard the root area 1 8 up the white bulb. If you re looking for a filling and warming dinner this creamy cock a leekie soup with bacon and rice is just the thing. Bring water to a boil in a large stock pot.