Traditional Cock-a-Leekie Soup
A proper Scottish cock-a-leekie soup made with whole chicken, pearl barley, and prunes. Scotland's national soup done the right way.
- Time: 120 min
- Servings: 4
Source: Live Breathe Scotland
Ingredients
- small whole chicken
- large leeks, trimmed and washed
- medium carrots, peeled
- sticks of celery
- bay leaves
- white peppercorns
- fine salt, plus more to taste
- litres cold water
- pearl barley, rinsed under cold water
- stoned, ready-to-eat dried prunes, roughly chopped
- Small handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped