Traditional Chicken Stew

Ingredients

50g butter
1 whole chicken
3 leeks
4 garlic cloves
175g of barley
900ml water
3 tablespoons wine vinegar
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon dried sage
salt & pepper


What to do

Step 1. Joint the chicken. Fistly remove the legs at the ball socket joint. Remove the backbone from the
remaining piece of chicken. Remove the wings at the socket joint. Lastly remove the breasts from the remaining
chicken torso.

Step 2. Slice the leeks and chop up the garlic cloves.

Step 3. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and fry the chicken with the leeks and garlic until the
vegetables are slightly softened and the meat lightly browned.

Step 4. Add the barley, water, vinegar, bay leaves, salt and pepper.
Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for one and a half hours, until the meat is tender, then add the sage and
continue to cook for several more minutes.

Serve in bowls

Easy and tasty, enjoy!