Greek Lemon and Chicken Soup (Avgolemono)
Prep Time: 20 min
Cook Time: 25 min
Ingredients
- ✓ 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ✓ ½ medium carrot, diced
- ✓ ½ medium red onion, diced
- ✓ ½ stalk celery, diced
- ✓ 1 clove garlic, minced
- ✓ 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken broth
- ✓ 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- ✓ ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ✓ 1 ½ cups shredded cooked chicken
- ✓ 1 cup orzo pasta
- ✓ 4 large eggs, at room temperature
- ✓ 2 medium lemons, zested and juiced, divided
- ✓ ½ teaspoon chicken bouillon powder, or more to taste
- ✓ 3 dashes hot pepper sauce
- ✓ salt and ground black pepper to taste