Avogolemono Greek Chicken and Rice Soup

When you go to an Authentic Greek Restaurant there is a soup that is called Avegolemeno. This soup is a chicken, rice, egg and lemon soup and it is really a delicious soup. It is not hard to make at home, here is my Mom's recipe:

Material you will need:
1 stock pot
1 ladle
1 mixer
1 large mixer bowl

Ingredients

1 quart of water
1 chicken bullion cube (if you are lazy) or 1 chicken breast skinned and de-boned, chopped into small slices to add to your chicken soup. This is what we do.
1 cup of uncooked white rice (we use Uncle Ben's ® however you can use whatever brand you like)
4 eggs
1 lemon
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper

Put the water into the stock pot, add the chicken breast sliced thinly, add the rice, salt and pepper, bring to a boil.

While your stock is cooking, take the four eggs and separate the yokes from the whites, many newer recipes will inform you to just add the egg all at one time, however we have always separated them to add at different times during the preparation. Place the egg yokes into the mixing bowl along with the juice of one lemon, turn the mixer on slow and beat the eggs yokes and lemon juice. By now your stock should have come to a boil, turn down the heat a take the ladle to start to spoon out the broth into the large mixing bowl, the mixer should still is on as you add the broth. Avoid the chicken pieces and rice; leave them in your stock pot. The broth that you are adding to the eggs should be turning a pale yellow, when you have included almost all of the broth from the stock pot now is the time to add the egg whites, this is where you will get your foam. The egg whites will blend with the broth and you should be getting frothy foam about a half an inch in thickness. When the whites have foamed you can turn off the mixer.

Slowly add the broth back into your stock pot to stir with your chicken parts and rice, gently stir to mix. Serve the soup immediately while still hot. You will have enough for six to eight servings. Please remember that you cannot reheat this soup, it has to be served hot.

Hope you enjoy one of our family's soups. Happy eating.