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Greek Lemon Chicken

Lemon and chicken, done Greek style — lemon chicken soup with rice and dill, lemon chicken orzo, and chicken with potatoes for easy weeknight dinners.

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Greek Lemon Chicken Soup

Inspired by: https://bellyfull.net/avgolemono-soup-greek-lemon-chicken-soup/

15 min250 cal20 g proteinServes 627 saves

Brittany Liverett

Ingredients

12 oz Chicken (Boneless/Skinless) shredded
1/3 cup lemon juice fresh
2 tbsp Olive Oil
2 tbsp Small onion diced
2 Carrots medium sliced thin
3-4 Garlic cloves minced
1/2 cup Rice
8 cup Chicken stock
2 Bay Leaf
1 Lemon zest
2 tbsp Dill
2 Egg

Instructions

1Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large pot. Add onions and carrots, sautéing until tender and onions are translucent. About 5 minutes. Add garlic and a pinch of lemon zest, sauté until fragrant. About 1 minute.
2Add in rice and stir until coated.
3Add chicken stock and bay leaves. Consistently simmer for 10 minutes.
4Once rice is tender, add shredded chicken and adjust heat as needed to maintain a simmer.
5In a medium bowl, combine fresh lemon juice and eggs. Whisk to combine until frothy.
6Remove soup from heat. Ladle 2 cups of broth SLOWLY into the lemon/egg mixture to temper. Introduce the bowl of broth, lemon juice & eggs into the pot of soup while stirring to combine. Add dill.
7Add lemon zest, salt and pepper to taste.
8Serve and enjoy!

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Lemon Does The Heavy Lifting Here

A couple of lemons, some olive oil, and garlic can turn plain chicken into something everybody at the table asks about. That's the whole trick, and it works whether you're roasting thighs or stirring a pot of soup.

Cooks on Pepper reach for these when the fridge is bare except for chicken and half a bag of lemons, and nobody wants another casserole.

Every recipe here leans on that same bright, garlicky flavor: Greek Lemon Chicken Soup, the version with rice and dill, Greek Lemon Chicken Orzo, a simple Greek Lemon chicken, and Greek Lemon Chicken with Potatoes for a one-pan supper.

Every recipe here uses lemon, olive oil, and chicken you already know how to buy.

Quick Tips

1
Squeeze fresh lemons
Bottled juice tastes flat once it's cooked. Two medium lemons give you about 1/4 cup of juice, which is plenty for a pan of chicken.
2
Temper the eggs slowly
For lemon chicken soup, whisk a ladle of hot broth into the beaten eggs and lemon a little at a time before adding it back, or it will curdle.
3
Use bone-in thighs
Skin-on, bone-in thighs hold up to 45 minutes in a hot oven with potatoes and stay juicy instead of drying out like breasts do.
4
Add dill at the end
Stir fresh dill in during the last 2 minutes off the heat so it keeps its flavor instead of going grassy.