
This is a delicious chicken soup that really shows off the delicate flavor of the leeks. You can make this soup with regular chicken stock but the flavor is much better if you make the base stock with the tops of the leeks and the chicken legs.
You can make the soup simple and light with just the chicken, leeks and prunes or add some barley to it for more of a meal.

Chicken soup is always popular in the winter as a nice warm you up meal or to help fight off a cold and this is a great version to mix up the chicken soup variety a little.
The soup is often served as one of the dishes for Rabbie Burns supper. Robert Burns is the national poet of Scotland and his birthday is celebrated every year on January 25th. You probably know him as the guy who wrote Old Lang Syne which is usually played on New Years eve. It’s a great time to enjoy this soup as the days are cold, dark and short so we need something to celebrate and food to enjoy. Cock-a-leekie soup is delicious enough to enjoy at other times of the year as well.
I hope you get a chance to try it .