Cockaleekie Soup Recipe

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.