Easy Avgolemono Soup
An easy, lemony chicken soup with immunity-boosting Vitamin C.
Servings: 6
Calories: 211kcal
Ingredients
- 32 oz chicken broth
- ½ c rice
- ½ c lemon juice 2-3 lemons
- 3 large eggs
- 1 T cornstarch
- 1 c milk
- 2 T butter or olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
Instructions
- Juice the lemons and set aside.
- Mix eggs and cornstarch together in a medium size bowl until smooth.
- Heat chicken broth until boiling, then add rice. Lower heat and cover pot to simmer until rice is soft, about 20 minutes. Turn off heat.
- Beat egg mixture and milk together until blended.
- Pour some hot broth into the egg/milk mixture to temper it, whisking constantly.
- Add warmed egg/milk mixture to the chicken broth pot and continue whisking everything in the pot. Turn the burner on medium heat.
- Heat until soup is thick, warm, and creamy but not boiling. Turn off heat.
- Add butter, salt, pepper and lemon juice to the soup, blending thoroughly.
- Serve immediately, or reheat until warm but not boiling.