Avgolemono Soup with Orzo

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

5 from 12 votes

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.

Prep Time0

Cook Time30

Total Time30

Course: Lunch, Soup

Cuisine: Greek

Servings: servings

Calories: 395kcal

Author: Kelly Jensen

Equipment

Soup Pot

Ingredients

1 whole roasted rotisserie chicken meat shredded from bone
1 sweet onion chopped
32 ounces chicken stock I used low sodium
32 ounces chicken bone broth
1 cup orzo
2 lemons
3 eggs
1 teaspoon dried dill
sea salt and black pepper

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 onion, and 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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Notes

Additions and Variations

- You can add other fresh herbs to this dish like fresh chopped parsley, thyme, or basil!

- Instead of orzo pasta, you can add any small shaped pasta you prefer: small shells, macaroni, ditalini, or stars. Rice is traditional, so you can also add in cooked rice too.

- Add other vegetables in step 2 with the broth: chopped carrots, celery, or garlic would be great additions. Or finish off the dish with fresh spinach.

Expert Tips

When chopping the chicken, make sure the pieces are roughly the same size. You want the bites of chicken to be consistent throughout the soup.

For a spicier soup, you can add in some red chili flakes, jalapeno, or cayenne pepper.

If making this ahead of time, you can cook the pasta separately and add it in right before serving. This can help avoid the pasta from overcooking and becomming mushy.

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