• Leek, smoked chicken and cabbage soup

    Serves: 6
    Cooking Time: 40 mins

    Ingredients

    • 45ml (3 tbsp) olive oil
    • 6 young leeks, washed and sliced (white part only)
    • 1 small white onion, finely chopped
    • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
    • 2L good quality chicken stock
    • 4 smoked chicken breasts, finely sliced
    • 2 baby cabbages, thinly sliced
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • olive oil, to serve

    Instructions

    1

    Heat the oil in a medium saucepan.

    2

    Sauté the leeks and onion until translucent, about 5 – 8 minutes, and add the garlic.

    3

    Add the stock to the saucepan and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

    4

    Add the chicken and cabbage and simmer for a further 10 minutes. Season.

    5

    Ladle into warm bowls and drizzle with the olive oil before serving.