On a chilly day, a hearty winter stew is best enjoyed with crusty bread. This recipe will yield plenty to share with your friends and neighbors.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 3 hrs |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 20 cups water
- 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken
- ½ white onion, chopped
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- 6 large leeks, cut into 1-inch chunks, or more to taste
- ⅔ cup pearl barley
- 1 teaspoon celery seed
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- 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.
- For a headier stew, add two diced parsnips or potatoes. For a lighter stew, exclude the barley and reduce cooking time to half.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 285 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 34 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 266 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I did hit understand why you had to put the bones back in for and hour I did not and it was was fine
I will definitely make it again as my husband liked it and there is not too many soups he will eat and like
I started with half a teaspoon of cloves and would only do a pinch next time. This makes a rich and tasty stock but the end result needs more substance in my opinion. The cook’s notes state that potato or parsnips can be added but I decided to add celery and carrots back into the soup and didn’t add them until the last 30 minutes of cook time. As written I can only give this 3 stars but it is easily tweaked and has potential.
wow! need to go much easier on the clove! That’s unfortunately all I can taste in what was otherwise a promising recipe.