Avgolemono chicken soup

Avgolemono chicken soup

Total: 3 hr 10 min. | Active: 1 hr 10 min.
lactose-free, gluten-free
Nutritional value / portion: 545 kcal
, Fat: 26 g
, Carbohydrate: 31 g
, Protein: 45 g
There's nothing more warming for body and soul on a cold day than a bowl of homemade chicken broth. Avgolemono is the Greek version of chicken soup. The aromatic broth is thickened with rice, eggs and lemon, and its flavours will whisk you away to the Mediterranean.

Ingredients

4 portions

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Chicken

1 boiling fowl (approx. 1.2 kg)
3 litre water, chilled
400 g soup vegetables, cut into pieces
1 onion, cut in half
1 garlic clove
½ bunch parsley
6 peppercorns
1 bay leaf
2 tsp salt

Soup

120 g long grain rice

To thicken

3 fresh eggs
1 organic lemon, grated zest and the juice

To garnish

salt and pepper to taste
½ tbsp olive oil
1 spring onion incl. green part, cut into thin rings
2 sprig dill, torn into pieces
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How it's done

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Chicken

Place the chicken in a large pan, cover with water (approx. 3 litres). Add the vegetables and all the other ingredients up to and including the salt, bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, leave to infuse just below the boil for approx. 2 hrs. Remove the chicken and the vegetables with a slotted spoon.

Bring the broth to the boil. Turn down the heat, reduce to 2 litres by simmering for approx. 30 mins. Remove the chicken meat from the skin and bones, tear apart with a fork.

Soup

Add the rice to the broth, simmer for approx. 15 mins. until just soft. Add the chicken meat, heat through. Reduce the heat.

To thicken

Using the whisk on a mixer, beat the eggs in a bowl for approx. 5 mins. until the mixture is frothy. Mix in the lemon zest and juice, whisk for a further 3 mins., adding 200 ml of hot broth by the tablespoonful.

Stir the egg mixture into the hot soup (no longer boiling). Heat for approx. 4 mins., stirring constantly, until the soup thickens and turns creamy.

To garnish

Season the soup, plate up. Drizzle with oil, garnish with onion rings and dill.

Good to know
Tip: You can also add a little grated lemon zest to the garnish.
Note: The soup will serve 4-6.

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