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CHICKEN, BARLEY AND THYME SOUP

This is comfort food at its best. It is a great soup to take out in a flask, on a cold winter’s day. I take it when I watch my sons play rugby, to have after their match – it instantly warms me from the inside out. The Marmite really enhances the savouriness of the soup, too.

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 2 hours 40 minutes

1 whole chicken (about 1.7kg), giblets removed

2 carrots, quartered

2 celery sticks, quartered

2 onions, quartered

2 bay leaves

2 tbsp Marmite

1 bunch of thyme

200g pearl barley, rinsed

2 leeks, white part only, rinsed and finely chopped

sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Place the chicken, carrot, celery, onion, bay leaves, Marmite and three-quarters of the thyme in a large saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover the chicken.