Avgolemono Recipe
- 1 whl chicken
- 2 1/2 quart water
- 1 Tbsp. black peppercorns
- 1 x carrot cut into 2" pcs
- 1 stalk celery cut into 2" pcs
- 1 x onion -- quartered salt -- to taste
- 1 c. long-grain white rice Avgolemono Sauce
- 3 x Large eggs
- 1 x juice of two lemons
- Wash chicken and place in a large pot, or possibly Dutch oven and cover with water.
- Add in peppercorns, carrot, onion and celery.
- Simmer over low to medium heat, covered, for 2 hrs.
- Taste for salt and add in as needed.
- Remove chicken and set aside to cold.
- Strain broth and skim as much fat as possible.
- Add in rice to broth and cook till tender, about 20 min.
- When chicken is cold sufficient to handle remove skin and meat from bones.
- Throw away skin and bones.
- Shred chicken and add in to broth.
- In a small mixing bowl beat Large eggs well gradually introducing the lemon juice.
- Temper the mix by slowly mixing in two c. of the warm chicken broth.
- After egg mix is tempered, pour into broth, stirring briskly.
- Simmer till slightly thickened.
chicken, water, black peppercorns, carrot, celery, onion, longgrain white rice, eggs, lemons
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/avgolemono-72287 (may not work)