Soup soup soup!

[celeste1104]

Hi, I'm kinda a newbie and have become more and more into cooking the past few years. I love all kinds of food and the recipes I cook reflect that I think but I really want to expand on one of my favorite things : soup

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[a_boleyn]

Here's something a little different but with ingredients you should be able to get easily. A Greek lemon rice soup starting with chicken stock and quick to make. Start first with the lower quantity of rice. It WILL swell up. If you want a thicker version, next time use the higher amount.

Avgolemono (Greek Chicken Lemon Rice) Soup (serves 4)

4 cups chicken stock
2-4 tbsp uncooked rice
1 egg
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice (half a lemon)
1 cup shredded chicken, optional
sliced green onion, optional

Bring stock to a boil and add the rice. Cook covered at a gentle simmer til the rice is tender (15-20 min). Add the cornstarch to 1 tbsp cold water, stir until smooth and then stir mixture into hot stock. Allow to cook for a min or so until starch is cooked out. Bring soup to simmering/barely boiling. Beat egg and lemon juice together, add 1 cup of hot stock to egg mixture to temper it and then stir gently into bubbling soup. Add shredded chicken and warm through.

Garnish with sliced green onions if desired before serving.

Note: You'll find the soup has the look and texture of a miso soup rather than an egg drop one due to tempering the egg with lemon juice and then adding the stock. If you prefer the torn egg (egg drop) soup look instead, add the lemon juice separately, and beat the egg with a tbsp or so of water before stirring into simmering broth.

You'll find several other soup recipes at my LJ using the link below.

http://a-boleyn.livejournal.com/tag/soup

[lachupacabra]

maybe try leaving out the cornstarch & add another couple eggs.
much better flavor.
:)

also, you can use orzo (rosemarina) instead of rice & its superextra delicious like that!