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Avgolemono Soup

Avgolemono Soup

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Servings

16 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 quarts classic chicken stock or Manischewitz All-Natural Chicken Broth   
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 3 eggs
  • Juice of 3 lemons about 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Instructions

  • Place chicken stock in a 5- to 6-quart soup pot. (Use Manischewitz All Natural Chicken Broth or make your own) Bring to a boil. 
  •  2. Add rice, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. 
  •  3. When rice is cooked, remove pot from heat. 
  •  4. Place eggs in a bowl and beat well. Beat in lemon juice. 
  •  5. While continuing to beat eggs vigorously, ladle out about 1 cup of chicken stock and beat it into the eggs. Pour egg and stock mixture back into the pot. 
  •  6. Return pot to heat and stir while stock thickens, but do not let it boil. Ladle into bowls and serve. 
  • Watch the video on how to make Avgolemono soup by Jamie Geller
  • Recipe originally published in Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller Magazine Fall 2014
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