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Chicken and leek soup

  • Time to make: 2 hrs 30 mins
  • Serving: 6 people
Ratings: 4.5
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 small chicken, skinned
    • 4 sprigs fresh parsley
    • 4 carrots, peeled, diced
    • 1 ¼ cups pearl barley
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 5 teaspoons oil
    • 2 leeks, trimmed, sliced
    • 4 potatoes, peeled, diced
    • 1 tablespoon lemongrass paste (we used Garden Gourmet)
    • 3 tablespoons peppadew pieces
    • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, chopped
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Rinse chicken under running water and remove any obvious fat (including fat from cavity). Place chicken in a large pan with parsley sprigs, one-third of carrots and 1/4 cup barley. Fill pan with water and bring to boil.

    2 Skim off any surface foam. Add salt and reduce heat to low. Simmer gently for 2 hours or until meat is falling off bones of chicken.

    3 Remove chicken from liquid (stock). Strain stock through sieve positioned over a large bowl. Use a gravy-separating jug to remove fat from stock.

    4 Clean pan and add oil. Cook leek until softened. Add strained stock with potatoes, remaining barley, carrot and lemongrass. Cook for 15 minutes until vegetables are tender.

    5 Meanwhile, roughly chop chicken. Return chicken to soup with peppadew pieces 5 minutes before ready to serve. Heat through, season and serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Replace barley with quinoa or another gluten-free grain and check lemongrass paste is gluten free.

    HFG tip

    This soup can be kept for up to 3 days in the fridge in an airtight container. Heat thoroughly before serving.

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