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Greek chicken soup skin#

Eggs: Use whole eggs at room temperature.If you are unable to find celery leaves, just use some celery. Vegetables: There are only 3 vegetables used in this soup: carrots and onion plus celery leaves.Avoid using any aromatic rice such as basmati or jasmine, it will interfere with the flavors of this traditional soup. Rice: Rice should be a short or medium grain rice.If you do you use ready-made broth, at minimum add chicken meat from whole pieces of chicken, not boneless, skinless chicken.

Greek chicken soup skin#

Chicken: Use whole chicken pieces with skin and bones to make a delicious broth.

But in traditional Greek cuisine it is also added to other dishes particularly pork dishes as well as stuffed vegetables.

This preparation is added to chicken-rice soup resulting in avgolemono soup. What is Avgolemono Soup?Īvgolemono is a traditional Greek preparation/sauce that is made by blending lemon juice with eggs and warm broth resulting in a delicious creamy and frothy sauce. Using my step by step instructions you will master the authentic avgolemono recipe and make it like a pro. You may have enjoyed this at your local Greek restaurant but believe me this homemade version takes it to another level. It is great for those cold evenings or when you are feeling under the weather and just want something soothing that tastes good. This was a staple in our home in the winter, but also for holiday dinners like Christmas eve or Easter eve. Avgolemono which is pronounced av-g(w)o-le-mono means egg and lemon in Greek is a comforting soup is made with chicken broth, chicken, rice, carrots and then blended with this sublime avgolemono sauce, the result is a creamy and thick soup that contains no cream! This soup is deceptively light even though it appears so rich! The secret is in the sauce as they say.

I grew up with this delicious classic Greek chicken soup.