Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup

Name: Lemon Chicken Orzo Soup
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1.5 L chicken stock; 500 g chicken thighs; 1 onion; 2 carrots; 150 g orzo; 2 eggs; 80 ml lemon juice; to taste salt and pepper; 3 tbsp dill

Bright egg-lemon broth with chicken and orzo.

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 25 min
Total: 35 min
Active: 15 min
Serves: 6
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: mediterranean

Servings6

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Ingredients

Steps

Simmer the stock with the chicken, onion, and carrot for 18 minutes until cooked; shred the chicken and return it.
Add the orzo and cook 8 minutes until tender.
Whisk the eggs with the lemon juice, then whisk in two ladles of hot broth very slowly.
Stir that mixture back into the pot off the heat, season, and finish with dill.

Tempering slowly is the only way to avoid scrambled egg in the soup.

Food safety Cook chicken to 74°C / 165°F.