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Discover the Comfort of Greek Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo

Discover the Comfort of Greek Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo
Prep
15 min
Cook
55 min
Total
70 min
Serves
6
Calories
250 kcal
Carbs
30.00 g

Ingredients

  • 6skin on bone in chicken thighs
  • 1 largered onion
  • 2carrots
  • —salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 5 cupswater ((1.2 L))
  • 120 gorzo ((4 oz))
  • 2 largeeggs
  • 1 juicedlemon
  • small handfulfresh dill, roughly chopped

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place the chicken thighs in a large pot with the red onion and carrots. Season and add water; bring to the boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Remove chicken, check seasoning, add orzo, and cook for another 15 minutes until tender.

  3. 3

    Once cool, discard skins, shred the meat, and return bones to the pot.

  4. 4

    Remove bones and onion, ladle soup into a jug, then whisk eggs and lemon juice together, adding hot soup slowly until creamy.

  5. 5

    Whisk egg mixture back into the pot, return shredded chicken, check seasoning, and stir in chopped dill before serving.