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dairy free avgolemono recipe with rotisserie chicken lemon juice dill eggs and chicken bone broth

Avgolemono Soup with Orzo

Kelly Jensen
This Avgolemono Soup with Orzo recipe is a delicious traditional Greek lemon chicken soup made with orzo pasta instead of rice. It's creamy, lemony, and makes a fantastic lunch or dinner. This soup comes together in about 20 minutes, and it so simple to make with rotisserie chicken. This is a fantastic soup to make for guests, or meal prep for a week of easy lunches.
5 from 11 votes
Prep Time 0 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Lunch, Soup
Cuisine Greek
Servings 6 servings
Calories 395 kcal

Equipment

  • Soup Pot

Ingredients
  

  • 1 whole roasted rotisserie chicken meat shredded from bone
  • 32 ounces chicken stock I used low sodium
  • 32 ounces chicken bone broth
  • 1 cup orzo
  • 2 lemons
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon dried dill
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Instructions
 

  • Prep the Chicken: Remove the meat from the rotisserie chicken, and shred with a fork or knife.  Add the shredded chicken to a large soup pot.
  • Add the chicken stock and the bone broth to the pot, and bring to a boil.
  • Once the stock is boiling, add the orzo pasta.
  • When the orzo is almost finished cooking (about 8 minutes after adding to the pot), start the egg and lemon mixture.
  • In a separate bowl, crack the eggs and whisk well with a hand mixer or with a fork until frothy.  Add the juice of two lemons to the egg mixture and continue to mix for another minute.
  • Slowly whisk a ladle of the hot soup stock into the egg mixture. Add a second and third ladle of stock until the egg mixture until well combined.
  • Slowly pour the egg mixture into the soup pot, and stir until the broth is creamy.
  • Add fresh cracked black pepper and dill. Taste, and add additional salt or pepper as needed.

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Nutrition

Calories: 395kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 43gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 182mgSodium: 354mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 141IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 34mgIron: 1mg
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