Avgolemono Soup Recipe

Serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 tsp lemon zest
  • 1/2 cup brown rice, cooked
  • 4 large egg yolks, slightly beaten
  • Black pepper, freshly ground
  • Nutmeg, ground

    • Instructions:

    1. Heat stock in 2-quart saucepan until steaming.
    2. Stir in lemon juice and zest.
    3. Add rice and heat.
    4. Whisk 1/4 cup of stock into egg yolks, then quickly whisk mixture back into stock.
    5. Heat gently, stirring occasionally, until steaming, 2-3 minutes.
    6. Pour into serving bowls and sprinkle with pepper and nutmeg if desired.