A quick and easy meal for weeknights is cockaleekie or chicken and leek soup.
Leeks are typically a spring vegetable. They’re lighter and sweeter than onions.
They look like giant green onions or chives.
I love having leftover chicken in the freezer and chicken stock on hand for easy meals like this one.
I chop up celery and carrots. I clean and slice up the leeks.
Sauteed in butter or oil, they smell heavenly.
I add herbs, black pepper, chicken stock, and chopped cooked chicken.
It’s ready in fewer than 30 minutes!
With a salad and some 1-hour bread machine soda bread, it’s a hearty meal for a cold night.
Cockaleekie Soup
Ingredients
- 1 c sliced leeks
- 1 carrot, peeled and sliced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1-2 T butter, oil, or bacon grease
- 1-2 T white wine or sherry
- 3 c chicken stock
- 1 c cooked chicken
- 1 T black pepper
- 1 T thyme leaves
- 1 c cooked brown rice
Instructions
Saute vegetables in fat for about 5 minutes. Splash with wine.
Add stock and chicken. Heat to boiling.
Add seasoning and rice. Serve warm with soda bread.
Many yummy soups to choose from. Soup is definitely needed this month ~ it’s cold here in Maryland. I’m visiting from Friday at the Fire Station. Have a nice weekend!