avgolemono soup

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 6
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 193.4
  • Total Fat: 5.0 g
  • Cholesterol: 143.9 mg
  • Sodium: 1,342.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 24.0 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.9 g
  • Protein: 13.8 g

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Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

    2 quarts chicken broth
    chicken meat from breast and thigh
    4 -5 eggs
    1 cup orzo
    juice 2 lemons, zest of one lemon

Directions

prepare broth from carcass or use ready made. pick meat off of bones or use left over chicken.
add 1 cup of orzo to broth and simmer for 30 min. beat eggs in bowl with mixer, adding ladle fulls of hot broth---should get light and foamy. beat lemon juice and zest into egg broth mixture. finally stir the egg broth lemon mixture into the pot with remaining broth and orzo. Allow it to sit for 20 min or so to thicken.
Add salt as necessary. If eggs are small use extra.

Serving Size: 1.5 c

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user KOUKLA1234.