Greek Chicken + Lemon Flavored Soup
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Categories: Appetizers - Soup - BoiledFrom: T.T. Pirrone


Ingredients
Ingredient | Amount | Notes |
---|---|---|
Chicken | 1 baking hen | Cut in half |
Onion | 1 large | Quartered |
Celery | 1 stalk | Complete including leaves |
Salt | ||
Pepper | ||
Eggs | 4 | Separated |
Lemons | 2 | Juiced |
Rice | 3 cups |
Method
- Cut baking hen in half
- Cover with water
- Quarter onion and add to pot
- Add celery to pot
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Simmer for 4 hours
- Drain, reserving broth and optionally chicken
- Discard onion and celery
- Beat egg whites to stiff peaks
- Beat in one yolk at a time
- Juice lemons and slowly add juice to soup
- In a separate pot, boil 2 cups of raw rice
- Drain rice
- Transfer soup to blender and add drained rice
- Blend
Notes
- Warm to taste (about 15 minutes) before serving
- Slice chicken for sandwiches if desired
Modern Notes
- The original recipe did not explictly say to blend, but heavily implied it by saying “add [rice] to other ingredients in blender” – David S