Homemade Greek Avgolemono Soup Recipe

rice

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: barley

Quinoa is a healthier grain alternative, while barley is often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil offers a similar flavor profile with health benefits, while canola is more budget-friendly.

Add a whole roasting chicken to a large stockpot.

Add roughly chopped yellow onion, celery stalks, carrots, and garlic cloves to the pot.

Add fresh Italian parsley and bay leaves.

Pour in one gallon of cold water.

Turn the heat to medium and simmer for about an hour, skimming impurities every 20 minutes.

Prepare additional vegetables by small dicing a large red onion, leeks, carrots, and celery.

Press garlic cloves and set all vegetables aside.

After an hour, remove the chicken from the pot and strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer.

Return the strained broth to the pot and add the diced vegetables.

Turn heat to low-medium and cook vegetables for 5-7 minutes until tender.

Add 1.5 cups of arborio rice to the pot and continue cooking.

Optionally, cook 2 cups of arborio rice separately by boiling with 3 cups of water, then simmering for 10 minutes.

Remove skin from the chicken and shred the meat into small pieces.

Add about two-thirds of the shredded chicken back into the pot.

Cooking Techniques

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