# Avgolemono

Avgolemono is a creamy, tangy Greek soup made with chicken, vegetables, orzo, and an egg-lemon sauce.

- Cuisine: Greek
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 8 chicken thigh bone in
- Olive oil
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 whole onion
- 10 garlic cloves
- 0.75 cup celery
- 1 carrot
- Chicken broth
- 0.75 cup orzo pasta
- Bay leaves
- Salt
- pepper
- 4 eggs
- 3 lemons
- lemon zest
- dill and parsley

## Instructions

1. Welcome to Soup So Good It Can Cure Any Sickness, today we're having Avgolemono.
2. Season your chicken thighs with salt.
3. Sear the chicken in a pot with olive oil until browned.
4. Dice the onion.
5. Sauté the diced onion in the same pot until fragrant.
6. Chop the celery.
7. Add the celery and carrots to the pot.
8. Add Italian seasoning to the vegetables.
9. Pour chicken stock into the pot.
10. Stir the chicken stock and vegetables.
11. Return the chicken to the pot.
12. Cover the pot and let it simmer.
13. Remove the chicken from the pot.
14. Shred the chicken.
15. Add the shredded chicken back to the soup.
16. Add orzo pasta to the soup and cook for 8-10 minutes.
17. Crack 4 eggs into a bowl.
18. Zest a lemon into the eggs.
19. Whisk the eggs, lemon juice, and lemon zest.
20. To temper, pour a thin stream of hot soup into the egg mixture while constantly whisking.
21. Gently stir the tempered avgolemono mixture back into the pot.
22. Stir the soup until combined.
23. Serve the soup hot.
24. Garnish with a drizzle of olive oil.
25. Garnish with fresh dill and parsley.
26. Enjoy the Avgolemono soup.

## Equipment

- bowl
- cast iron pan
- knife
- cutting board
- tongs
- wooden spoon
- microplane
- whisk
- oven mitts

## Tips

- To temper the avgolemono mixture, pour in a thin stream a bit of hot soup while whisking constantly to prevent the eggs from scrambling.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DabQJJ/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/75bead84-0503-426b-b220-58947635dce8
- Extracted: 2025-11-06

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