Last Updated on 22nd April 2022 by
A couple of decades ago, the friendly Scots had graciously gifted us the scotch broth soup. It’s indeed a soup to warm your heart, fill your tummy, and infuse your body with nutrients.
What is its preparation time? On average, a bit over two hours. What about cooking time? It’ll take you only from one to two hours, and you’ll enjoy yourself and the family from six to eight serves.
So, how to prepare this scotch broth soup? Let’s find out!
Scotch Broth Soup Recipes
Scotch broth soup invites different food to be the key ingredient: There’s scotch broth soup with lamb, there’s chicken scotch broth soup recipe, and there are even vegetarian scotch broth soup recipes.
In order not to upset the Scots, let’s begin with the traditional recipe: the one that’s made with lamb, and that’s cooked on a slow cooker.
Scotch Broth Soup Recipe Slow Cooker
The following recipe is best made using a slow cooker. If you don’t have one, the stovetop can substitute for that. However, if you’re going to use the stovetop, you’ll have to let the beans soak for at least 5 hours. By the way, beans are one of the key ingredients of the broth, and we’ll get to the rest in a second.
Preferably, you should let the beans soak overnight. On the other hand, if it’s the recommended slow cooker you’re using, you can just throw the beans in and start cooking.
Scotch Broth Soup in a Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 2 leek white parts
- 4 lamb chops
- 6 cups water
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 tsp parsley chopped
- 1/3 cup pot barley
- 1 carrot large
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 cup potato
- 1 cup beans
Instructions
- Begin by taking the whites of the leeks, dicing them, and washing them thoroughly.
- Pour the water into the slow cooker, then add your lamb chops and veggies. The vegetables you’ll add include your potatoes, celery, barley, beans, and carrots.
- Add the pepper and salt. Cover the slow cooker and let your meal cook for 8 hours.
- After that, isolate the lamb chops on your chopping board. Separate the meat from the bone. Chop the meats into small bites.
- Now, put the meat on your serving bowl, and pour the soup over it. As a final touch, sprinkle the chopped parsley. Bon appetit!
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Chicken Scotch Broth Soup Recipe
Now let’s see the scotch broth soup recipe using chicken. You can make this one without a slow cooker. So, you’ll probably need to just leave it the whole day, checking on it from time to time. Optimally, you’ll also need to let your beans soak overnight.
How to Optimally Soak Your Beans?
The night before your cooking day, wash your beans along with your pulses. Place 2 cups of the beans-pulses mixture along with a half cup of pot barley. Wash the mixture thoroughly, then add water until the mixture doubles in its height.
The next day, you’ll notice how puffed your beans and the rest of the mixture components are. That effect is thanks to the soaking up of the water.
Chicken Scotch Broth Soup
Ingredients
- 1 chicken small
- 1 tsp parsley
- 4 carrots large
- 1 onion or leek
- 1 bouquet garni
- 1 cup beans and pulses mixture
- 1/2 cup barley
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 pint water
Instructions
- Put the water in the pot, and adjust the heat to medium.
- Wash the chicken and place it in the pot.
- Cut the carrots, slice the onions, and put them along with the bouquet garni in the pot.
- Simmer the mixture for one hour.
- Add the parsley and let it cook for another hour
- Take your chicken out of the pot, separate the bones, and return the fillet chicken meat back home in the pot.
- Put in the beans-pulses mixture, and leave it for one more hour.
This recipe is like wine; it gets better with time. If you leave the dish and eat it the next day, it’ll taste even better!
Vegetarian Scotch Broth Soup Recipes
For all of you vegetarians out there, we’ve got you covered. This delicious meal doesn’t have to include meat at all. The key ingredient can be a broth vegetable mix, which is readily available at big supermarkets.
This mix usually includes pearly barley, blue peas, green and red lentils, and dries veggies. You’ll also have to add in some more fresh vegetables for a perfect plate.
Vegetarian Scotch Broth Soup Recipes
Ingredients
- 1 broth vegetable mix packet
- 1 leek
- 2 litres vegetable stock
- 1 onion
- 4 carrots
- 150 grams kale
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Let the broth vegetable mix soak in water for at least 8 hours. You can leave it overnight the night before the cooking day.
- At the outset of cooking, begin by draining your soaked broth vegetable mix. Then, throw it in the cooking pan, and add the fresh veggies.
- After adding the carrots, the leeks, and the onion pour in your vegetable stock.
- Let the mix simmer from one to two hours, or until the veggies become tender.
- Just when you’re about to turn the heat off, add your kale and let it simmer with the mix for extra five minutes.
- Now turn the heat off, the cooking is done.
- Regarding serving, you can serve it with some oatcakes, for example. And enjoy!
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Campbell’s Scotch Broth Soup
Campbell's Scotch Broth Soup
Ingredients
- 1 pound lamb shanks
- 1 carrot
- 1 onion
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 tsp vegetable oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2 cartons Cambell's
Instructions
- Flavour your lamb shanks with the pepper and the salt.
- Turn the heat on your vegetable oil, and add the shanks.
- After ten minutes, when the lamb shank is all browned, remove them and set them aside for now.
- Add the carrots, celery, and onion to the vegetable oil, and after two minutes add the garlic and the bay leaves.
- Keep stirring for 30 seconds or so. Now, pour the Cambell’s broth, and return the lamb back.
- Cover and let the mix simmer for about two hours. You may need to add water if you noticed that it thickened more than you want.
- After turning off the heat, let it cool and enjoy!
Final Words
Who wouldn’t want a hearty, heart-warming bowl of scotch broth soup when the weather gets all chilly? This is a plate for different occasions, and with differing recipes. There’s the chicken scotch broth soup recipe, and there’s also the scotch broth soup recipe lamb.
If you’re a vegetarian, you can still enjoy this plate with the vegetarian scotch broth soup recipes. Finally, there’s Campbell’s scotch broth soup recipe, so you can enjoy it whenever you like. Now, I’ll leave you so you can get to cooking right away!
I'm Pauline, a mother of four grown children, my passion for cooking stemmed from the joy i get cooking for my family. I love to try new dishes, especially when dining out but creating and sharing my own recipes is my favourite thing to do!
