Avgolemono (Egg-Lemon) Soup

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Cooking time: 20 minutes
Preparation time: 5 minutes

Makes: 2 - 3 servings

    

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups   chicken broth
• 1/4 cup       basmati rice
• 2             eggs
• 1             lemon, squeezed

    

Directions

1. Boil broth. Add rice, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.

2. Beat eggs in mixing bowl and, while beating, slowly add in lemon juice.

3. While still beating, add 2/3 cup of hot chicken broth.

4. Pour this mixture back into remaining broth and rice, mix, and serve.

Recipe adapted from program for "Festival of Greece", Oakland, California, May 18, 2001

 

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