Greek Lemon Chicken Soup Recipe

Preparation Time
Difficulty Easy
Occasion Dinner Party, Chirstmas, Bonefire Party, Party
Recipe Type Soup
Cuisine Chinese Cuisine

Chicken Soup Avgolemono is perhaps the most iconic of all Greek soups. It’s on the menu at every Greek restaurant or diner and you’ll find it as the first course at most Greek holiday celebrations.

Ingredients

Ingredient Quantity Calories Fat Cholestrol
Chicken Broth 8 cup 2550.8 134.16
Lemon Juice 0.5 cup 30
Carrot 1 cup 51.6 0.3
Onion 0.5 cup 32 0.08
Celery 0.5 cup 9 0.06
Chicken Soup 6 teaspoon 21.78 645.54
White Pepper 0.25 teaspoon 7.29 0.6
Margarine 0.25 cup 213.29 23.6
All purpose flour 0.25 cup 113.6
Rice 1 cup 730 1.32
Chicken 1 cup 231 4.9 1.19
Lemon 6 nos 97.44 0.96
Egg Yolk 1 nos 53.86 4.47 2.09
4141.66 815.99 3.28

Preparation Method

  1. 1 In a large pot, combine the Chicken Broth, Lemon Juice, Carrot, Onion, Celery, soup base, and White Pepper. Bring to a bOil on high, then simmer for 20 minutes.
  2. 2 Blend the Butter and the all all purpose flour together. Then gradually add it to the soup mixture. Simmer for 10 minutes more, stirring frequently.
  3. 3 Meanwhile, beat the Egg Yolk unTil light in color. Gradually add some of the hot soup to the Egg Yolk, stirring constantly. Return the Egg mixture to the soup pot and heat through. Add the Rice and Chicken.
  4. 4 Ladle hot soup into bowls and garnish with Lemon slices.