Winter Chicken Soup recipe

Ingredients

• 2tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, sliced
• 1 large carrot, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 leek, rinsed and finely chopped
• 2 sticks celery, finely chopped
• 5 slices root ginger
• 1tsp chilli flakes (or to taste)
• 1 star anise
• 6 free-range chicken thighs, skinless and on the bone
• 2 litres (3½pt) good-quality chicken stock
• 2 potatoes, peeled and chopped into small chunks
• 150g (5oz) pearl barley
• 2 handfuls frozen peas
• thyme and parsley, to garnish