Homemade Greek Avgolemono Soup Recipe

This incredible Greek avgolemono soup is loaded with chicken, rice, vegetables, and lemon flavor for the ultimate comfort food. This is a family favorite and is in my regular recipe-making rotation throughout those cool fall and winter months.

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Ingredient for this recipe:

For the Stock:

• 1 whole roasting chicken
• 1 roughly chopped yellow onion
• 2 roughly chopped carrots
• 2 roughly chopped celery stalks
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 sprigs of parsley

For the Soup:

• 1 gallon chicken stock
• 1 ½ cups short-grain rice
• 1/2 peeled and small diced red onion
• 2 small diced leeks
• 2 peeled and small diced carrots
• 2 peeled and small diced celery stalks
• 2 finely minced garlic cloves
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 egg
• juice and zest of 2 lemons
• salt and pepper to taste