lemon chicken soup i

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 pounds whole chicken
• 8 cups water
• 1/2 (16 ounce) package uncooked orzo pasta
• 2 eggs
• 2 lemons
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins Ready Time: 50 mins


• in a large soup pot, cook chicken in water until the meat begins to fall off the bone.
• skim fat off stock. remove the chicken from pot, and set aside to cool. add pasta to stock, and cook for about 10 minutes. shut off heat.
• in a medium bowl, beat 2 eggs with the juice of 2 lemons until foamy. whisk 1 cup stock slowly into the egg/lemon mixture. repeat with another cup of stock, and pour mixture into soup.
• bone chicken, and add meat to soup. stir well. add salt and pepper to taste.