Cock a leekie

For six.

6 chicken pieces
4 leeks
1 carrot
salt
pepper
trimmings from turnips (see Haggis recipe)
chicken stock

Cut off green leaves of leeks. Peel carrote. Boil leek greens and carrot peelings and turnip trimmings in large pan of boiling water for twenty minutes. Pour into another pan through sieve. Add chicken pieces, sliced leekss (white bits), sliced carrot, salt and pepper and
cook for 1hr. Serve in bowls with 1 piece per person.

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