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Chicken Barley Broth Recipe
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To make Chicken Barley Broth for 4 you will need
Ingredients
| 2 | ounces | Pot barley | | 2 1/2 | pints | Good quality chicken stock | | 1 | | Lemon | | 1 | | Fat garlic clove | | 2 | | Leeks | | 1/4 | pounds | Mushrooms | | 2 | | Chicken livers, if available | | | Cold cooked chicken meat * | | 5 | tablespoons | Coarsley chopped parsley | | 1 | small | Knob butter |
Instructions
Grate the zest of the lemon very finely and reserve it. Put the barley into
a soup pan, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and cold chicken stock. Bring to
the boil, cover and simmer for about 40 minutes until the barley is tender
with just a hint of bite to the centre of the grain. Add the chicken meat,
if used, to the pan towards the end of this time to heat it through gently
but thoroughly.
When the barley is nearly ready, slice the mushrooms thickly, and slice the
leeks (tender green parts as well as the white) very thinly indeed so that
the leaves fall into ribbony shreds. Cut the chicken livers, if available,
into 2 to 3 pieces and saute them briefly in the butter until crusty on the
outside but still pink within. Fry the mushrooms in the fat remaining in
the pan then reduce the heat and cook the leeks gently for 2 to 3 minutes,
just shaking occasionally. Then add contents of the frying pan to the soup
pan. Add the mushrooms and check seasoning.
Put the chicken livers into a warmed soup tureen and crush with a fork to
make a coarse paste. Add the finely chopped garlic, the lemon zest and
most of the parsley. Pour on the piping hot soup, stir to mix well,
sprinkle the rest of the parsley on top and serve.
Enjoy your Chicken Barley Broth
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