Avgolemono - Lemon Chicken Soup
Ahvo-lemono is a creamy, comfy, aromatic chicken soup. The lemon-egg sauce makes is fragrant and bright. Fresh herbs and garlic will fill your kitchen with homey goodness. You can make it thicker like a stew or keep it brothy - either way, so comforting! And, you can make it in 30 minutes with simple ingredients you probably have on hand - Gluten Free? Yes! Sub arborio rice for the orzo.
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Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Onion diced
- 1-2 cloves Garlic minced
- 4-6 sprigs Fresh Thyme (tied in a bundle) or 2 T dried
- 1 T dried oregano
- 2 T Olive Oil
- 12 Cups Chicken Stock
- 1 1/2 Cups Orzo (for Gluten Free us Arborio rice) uncooked
- 3 eggs
- 1 Cup Lemon Juice
- 2 Cups Chicken cooked/shredded
- 1 tsp white pepper
- salt to taste
Instructions
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Saute - In large soup pot, saute thyme, oregano, onions, and garlic with olive oil over medium heat - avoid getting any color on the onions or garlic. You want a light color - no browning.
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Boil - Add chicken stock and bring to boil
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Add orzo, boil - Remove thyme bundle, add orzo, return to boil - 6 -8 minutes until cooked (al dente)
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Whisk - Meanwhile, in a separate bowl, whisk eggs with lemon juice
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Temper - Temper the egg/lemon mixture with two ladles of broth (just the liquid). Tempering is really important. You drizzle one cup of the hot stock into the lemon/egg mixture a little bit at a time so the eggs won't scramble - which they'll totally do if you just pour that into the stock.
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Combine - Reduce heat (or turn off completely) and stir in the tempered soup/egg/lemon mixture to the soup
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Season - Add pepper and salt to taste
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Serve with a spritz of fresh lemon, a dollop of sour cream or Greek yogurt and some fresh thyme and cracked pepper
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Enjoy!
Recipe Notes
The recipe makes 10-12 servings which is a lot for our family of 2...but it keeps very well for a week in the fridge and we really love it the next day. Also, it thickens as it sits, so I add a bit of broth or even water when I reheat it. You can keep it thick and it will be more like a yummy chicken stew.
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