Buttery Lemon Chicken Soup

This soup is based off of a traditional Greek soup recipe called avgolemono, however, instead of using orzo or rice, I used potatoes. We have been sick the past week and this soup was the perfect meal to help us heal.

Ingredients:

• 2-3 lbs cooked and shredded chicken meat. Can use either a whole chicken or 2-3 lbs of your favorite cut for soups. An easy “quick hack” for this soup is to get a rotisserie chicken and shred it.

• 3 tbsp butter

• 3 large carrots, peeled and chopped

• 5 celery ribs, chopped

• 1 onion, chopped

• 4-5 yellow potatoes, washed and chopped

• The juice of 2 lemons

• 1 egg & 1 egg yolk

• 6-8 cups chicken bone broth or chicken broth

• A whole head of garlic, chopped (if that’s too much for you, use less)

• Seasonings: salt, pepper, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and bay leaves

• Fresh Parsley and another pat of butter to garnish

Method:

1. If needed, cook your chicken and shred it. Set aside.

2. In a large stock pot (or your instant pot on sauté mode), melt your butter and sauté your onion until translucent. Add in your garlic and sauté until fragrant.

3. Add in your carrots, celery, potatoes, bone broth/chicken broth, and seasonings. Simmer your soup until the potatoes are fork tender, or if you are using an instant pot, pressure cook the soup on high for 8 minutes.

4. While your soup is cooking, add your egg yolk and egg into a bowl and mix them, squeeze in your lemon juice and mix as well.

5. When your soup is done cooking, you are going to temper your eggs by adding in a little bit of your broth to the bowl with your eggs while continuing to mix the eggs so that they do not scramble. This part is very important and the most difficult part of the soup. Once your egg mixture is hot, slowly add it back into your soup while continuing to stir the soup until it is fully combined. You should have a creamy soup.

6. Add in your chicken and mix everything again.

7. Serve with some freshly chopped parsley and a pat of butter. The soup will keep in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.

Let me know if you guys try this one and what you think!