AVGOLEMOND SOUP (Greek Chicken
Soup)
 
1 frying or soup chicken (cut up)
3 1/2 c. rice
6 eggs
1 c. fresh lemon juice
Salt
Water

Place cut up chicken in 10 quart soup kettle and just cover with water. Salt to taste. Boil 1 1/2 hours. Remove chicken and place in warm oven.

Fill 10 quart kettle 3/4 full of water and salt liberally. Bring chicken broth to boil and add 3 1/2 cups rice. Boil 45 minutes. During last 15 minutes of rice boiling do following: Separate 6 egg whites from yolks. Add egg whites to mixer and beat at high speed until eggs become fluffy and firm. Decrease speed of mixer to 3/4 and add egg yolks.

Slowly add 1 cup lemon juice to mixer with constant mixing so as not to curdle egg. Decrease mixer speed to 1/2 and slowly decant hot chicken broth only into egg/lemon mixture after 45 minutes of cooking time. Fill mixer bowl until nearly full of chicken broth. Then pour egg/lemon/broth mixture into rice/broth mixture and soup is ready to eat.

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Avgolemond Soup (Greek Chicken Soup)
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 Sophia (Massachusetts) says:
This is the actual avgolemono soup that we make in Greece, and it is delicious! We use avgolemono (avgo=egg, lemoni=lemon) sauce in many recipes, like on stuffed grape leaves. The taste is unique!
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 Caroluj kole (Florida) says:
I Like this recipe My husband is from Iannana spelling is wrong north Greece close to Albania. When I make the sauce I'd like to save some but have not had success. I'm Scottish and Irish but live to cook. any suggestions

 

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