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🍽️ Greek-style Chicken Lemon Soup

385 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Rinse the soup chicken under running water and let it drain well.
  2. 2. Place the chicken in a large pot and cover it with about 1.5 liters of water.
  3. 3. Bring the water to a boil and skim off the rising foam with a spoon.
  4. 4. Season the broth with salt and pepper to taste.
  5. 5. Simmer the soup with the lid on at medium heat for 1 to 1.5 hours.
  6. 6. Carefully remove the chicken from the broth and set it aside.
  7. 7. Pour the broth through a fine sieve to clarify it.
  8. 8. Remove the meat from the chicken bones and cut it into small, bite-sized pieces.
  9. 9. Whisk lemon juice and eggs together vigorously in a separate bowl.
  10. 10. Take one ladle of the warm broth and slowly stir it into the egg-lemon mixture.
  11. 11. Make sure the broth is no longer boiling so that the eggs do not curdle.
  12. 12. Pour the tempered mixture back into the pot with the rest of the soup.
  13. 13. Stir everything well and warm the soup slightly without bringing it back to a boil.
  14. 14. Finally, taste the soup again and adjust with salt and pepper.
  15. 15. Mash the cooked potatoes roughly with a potato masher.
  16. 16. Distribute the mashed potatoes and the chicken meat onto the soup plates.
  17. 17. Pour the hot lemon broth over the ingredients on the plates.
  18. 18. Garnish the finished soup with fresh dill and a thin slice of lemon.
  19. 19. Serve the soup immediately while hot.

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