Get Well Soup

This is a fabulous winter soup and great when coughs and colds are around I call it my 

GET WELL SOUP

chicken and barley soup

size 16 chicken

turnips 2

parsnips 2

carrots 2

celery 3 sticks

onions 2

parsley a bunch

1 green chilli

bay leaf

chicken ultra stock cubes or fresh stock

½ packet pearl barley

Steam the chicken and stock cubes in water  with the bay leaves  for 30 minutes

Chop vegetables into bite size pieces and leave aside.

The scraps of the vegetables can be added to the steaming chicken for stock flavour if you want like the ends of the carrots and celery and the onion pieces these will be discarded later

Remove chicken from the stock.

Strain the liquid and put back in the stock pot 

Add the barley and cook for 15 minutes 

Then the vegetables and cook 10 minutes whilst they are cooking 

Strip the chicken from the bones, cut into similar size pieces and add to the piping hot soup 

Add chopped parsley and green chilli that is chopped finely 

Season well with salt and pepper

Check taste and adjust if needed

Serve with crusty bread