7 cups of good homemade chicken broth
3/4 cup rice
1/2 cup cold water
1 tbs water
2 large eggs or 3 small eggs
juice of 1 large lemon
salt and pepper to taste
boiled fresh garden peas and freshly ground black pepper as garnish (optional)
1. In a medium pot, pour your chicken broth. (I usually use chicken drumsticks when making my chicken broth, and simply take some pieces of the cooked drumstick and add it to my strained chicken stock to form the base of this soup. Then I add my rice. You could also add pieces of raw chicken to an already made chicken stock, but ensure that the chicken is fully cooked prior to adding your rice.) Add your chicken pieces (from what you used to make the chicken broth) and the rice. Cook the rice in the chicken broth until it is ready. After the rice is ready, lower the temperature and add 1/2 a cup of cold water.
2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with lemon juice until frothy. Add 1 tbs water to this eggs and lemon juice mixture.
3. Start adding 1 to 2 cups of the broth slowly (slowly is important to prevent any curdling!) in the egg mixture a little at a time, continually beating it so that it doesn’t curdle.
4. Pour the egg mixture slowly back into the soup pot constantly stirring it to prevent curdling. Slowly raise the temperature of the soup and stir it a few more times. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.
5. Optional: boil some shelled green peas and add them in the soup when you serve it. Add freshly ground black pepper on top of the soup for extra flavour.
I love this type of soup… the rich body from the egg yolks, the tang of lemon juice, perfect for cold weather! Beautiful, too. I will definitely make this recipe within the week 🙂
Hi Gina! Thanks for visiting! Yes, definitely is a wonderful winter soup. I really love the cracked pepper and addition of cooked fresh peas on top of the soup. They make it a bit more hearty, so I would definitely recommend that too. I hope you enjoy it, please let me know how it turns out – would love to hear! 🙂
I have loved this soup since I was a child. The only cure for any illness. Passed on from my giagiá and father.She used to garnish with a big handful of fresh chopped parsley.
Now I make this for my whole family and my 6 year old shares the same love for it. I have never heard of the garden peas. I will try this. what a lovely page. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for your kind words Melissa! I know the feeling – total comfort food. Love the fresh parsley, must try that! xxx