41 chicken leek recipes

This quick and tantalizing chicken stock is the perfect starter for soups and gravy.

Pan-seared chicken simmered in dry white wine with shallots and leeks, finished with Dijon mustard and cream. A French-inspired one-pan dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Salmon fillets briefly braised on a tender bed of chiffonade leeks with garlic, lemon, and fresh tarragon. A 25-minute French-leaning dinner where the leeks become the sauce.

Master chicken stock simmered low for hours with a whole fowl, leeks, carrots and a classic bouquet of herbs. Skim it well, strain it clear, then chill and lift off the fat for a clean, golden base for any soup or sauce.

White veal stock, the classic clear, pale fond blanc made by blanching veal and chicken bones, then simmering low with aromatics for hours. A neutral, gelatin-rich base for fine sauces and soups.

Homemade chicken soup is the best food on cold winter days or when you catch a cold. It's packed with flavour and loaded with goodness.

Provencal chicken breasts braised in white wine with tomatoes, leeks, kalamata olives, and orange zest, served over herb-tossed rosemary orzo. A French-inspired one-skillet dinner.

Marbled herbed chicken pate with sweet leek and shallot, swirled with a spinach-basil layer. A silky French-style mousseline for elegant entertaining.

Oxtails braised in red wine with celery, leeks, carrots, and a French-style sauce made from the reduced braising liquid. Rich, fork-tender, and worth every one of the 4 hours.

Pressure cooker chicken stock made in 30 minutes with stewing hen, celery, carrots, onion, and peppercorns. Rich, gelatinous stock in a fraction of the time.

Silky pureed cucumber soup with a French pistou swirl of basil, garlic, walnuts, Parmesan, and fresh tomato. Light, elegant, and built on leeks and chicken broth.

Rich chicken broth built from backs, necks, and wings, sweated with leeks and aromatics, then simmered four hours and reduced for deep gold stock. The base of every great soup.

Cold soups make for excellent summer fare. The best vichyssoise I ever had in my life was at a French restaurant during a Montreal summer. Humor me. Try the soup in the traditional manner but then, if you must heat it up, (sigh), go ahead.

Shrimp and lobster tail bouillabaisse in a tomato-clam broth with leeks, Cajun seasoning, and orange zest. Served over toasted French bread for a stunning seafood supper.

Authentic French onion soup built on a homemade veal-and-chicken stock and deeply caramelized onions, ladled over toasted croutons and broiled under a blanket of melted Gruyere. The real, from-scratch classic.

Classic Jewish penicillin with tender matzoh balls floating in rich chicken stock made from scratch with carrots, celery, leeks, and parsnips. Comfort in a bowl that takes time but rewards with deep, soul-warming flavor.