Avgolemono Soup
The Greek egg-and-lemon chicken soup — rice cooked in a homemade chicken broth, then thickened off the heat with eggs and lemon juice into a silky, pale-yellow soup with a bright, sharp finish.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 700 g chicken thighs, bone in, skin removed
- 2 l cold water
- 1 medium onion, halved
- 1 carrot
- 1 celery stalk
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tsp salt
- 100 g short-grain rice
- 3 eggs
- 100 ml lemon juice (about 2 lemons)
- to taste black pepper, ground
- 2 tbsp dill, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2210 kcal · P 214g · C 115.9g · F 95.4g
Estimated from 11 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Put the chicken, onion, carrot, celery, bay leaf and salt in a pot with the cold water, bring slowly to the boil, skim, and simmer gently for 50 minutes.
- 2Lift out the chicken and shred the meat, discarding the bones. Strain the broth, discard the vegetables and return 1.6 litres of broth to the pot.
- 3Bring the broth to the boil, add the rice and simmer 15–18 minutes until soft.
- 4Return the chicken, then take the pot off the heat and let it stop bubbling.
- 5In a large bowl whisk the eggs for 2 minutes until frothy, then whisk in the lemon juice.
- 6Add 3–4 ladles of the hot broth, one at a time, whisking constantly — the egg has to warm slowly or it scrambles.
- 7Pour the mixture back into the pot, stirring, and heat over a very low flame for 2–3 minutes until it thickens slightly. Never let it boil.
- 8Season with pepper, sprinkle with the dill and serve at once.
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Questions and answers
How long does Avgolemono Soup take to make?
About 90 minutes: 15 min prep and 75 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Avgolemono Soup?
12 ingredients: chicken thighs, cold water, onion, carrot, celery stalk, bay leaf, salt, short-grain rice, eggs, lemon juice, black pepper, dill.
How many servings does this Avgolemono Soup recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Avgolemono Soup?
About 553 kcal, with 53.5 g protein, 29 g carbohydrate and 23.8 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Avgolemono Soup recipe suit?
It is gluten-free and dairy-free.
What cuisine is Avgolemono Soup?
Avgolemono Soup comes from Greek cuisine.
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