Check out the recipe: www.allrecipes.com/Recipe/241873/Avgolemono-Soup/

As a Greek this used to be my favorite soup during winter.Especially when made from grandma.I totally approve this recipe for being 100% accurate and looking very tasty.

hello from Greece. You pronunciation of avgolemono αυγολέμονο is totally correct and your soup looks fantastic.

'If you're not going to use fresh lemon juice for this don't even bother making the recipe' Amen to that! Great recipe Chef John! This is one of my many favourite Greek recipes. The lovely Greek I'm married to often makes this for us and it's so delicious. Bringing the Mediterranean into the kitchen. One of the best soups I've ever had 😍😍😍

If anyone is watching this now, and is debating on making it, do me a favour and just do it! I've made this about 5 times now, and every time it surprises me with how amazing it is!

In 1973, I was with my parents (at age 12-ish) living outside of Tabriz, Iran, where my Dad worked as an advisor building an agricultural college. During the winter the snow was several feet deep, but my mom made this "Greek Lemon Rice Soup" on a kerosene heater/stove. Best soup ever! Memories...

I worked for a Greek family looking after their kid in the UK, and the mum would get me to make this every week, literally to the letter of your recipe! So great to have it again! Especially now it's cold season.

Yay!! So excited to see a Greek recipe on your channel chef John!!! :) I have a couple of suggestions..One, you could also use pudding rice, it works quite well. Two, when you do the avgolemono you can beat the whites first with a spoon of cold water, then add the yokes, then add the lemon juice mixed with some cornstarch if you feel your soup is too watery, and finally temper the eggs. This makes for a fluffier avgolemono! Also, according to my grandma, you have to send kisses to the avgolemono when you temper it so the eggs won't get mad and split! Haha!! She always did that!

As always, come for the food, stay for the humor. and a pinch of cayenne. Keeping it real Chef John, Keeping it real.

Greek here, thank you for sharing and keeping it original enough. Love your recipes!

Your humor always makes my day chef Jon.

Made this for my family to a T. They all have the flu. My son just puked his guts out and after he was done puking he came and ate a full bowl full of this soup. Im greek and i haven't even tasted it this good before. This is the real deal. My wife will eat it once she stops being sick. It took me all day to make this but totally easy and so worth it. I can freeze the rest as well. Thank you so much for this. AMAZING 10/10

warming the lemons in the microwave will give you more juice when ya squash them! love this recipe!

I had never heard of this soup before. It looks great; simple, and delicious. I would be willing to bet that at least once in his life, Socrates also said "Mmm, that's good soup." :)

I miss getting this at the many Greek diners in NY. Was an all time favorite.

Top 5 easily, I love this Dish. I went out with a Greek Woman many years ago and she made this. She used Turkey in hers and didn't add any of the Meat. I have been making it for over 20 Years now and I always add in the Meat. Great Dish Chef John!!

My favourite soup ever! You made it almost like my grandmother's! I like to add black pepper on top when it's really cold outside! Next time she makes it i will also call it Avgooooooooooooooooolemono soup ....

2 tips from a Greek :) you can put the onion from the beggining to make it "sweat" with the olil and after to boil the chicken in it :) and the 2nd is a plus for u cause u used arborio which in my opinion is a lot better than the "originial" karolina rice that most people made it here in Greece :) also great that u used only the meat of the chicken so no bones will destroy the soup :) epic video well done :)

my mom worked at cyprus for 10 years!! sje came back and made this amd a bunch of greek dishes that she cooked amd learned there. I really miss this now tht Im living by myself thanks for this!

A tip is to cook the chicken for about an hour, take it out and remove most of the meat. Then transfer the bones and a litlle of the meat back to the broth and keep cooking a couple of hrs more. :)(for any recipe where you want a great broth AND use the meat)

Made this yesterday my husband ate 3 bowls for supper and then wanted some more for a bedtime snack! It’s fantastic! Thanks for another great recipe!

Thank you, Chef John. I ate this soup at a restaurant and fell in love with it. I came back to the restaurant many times after and each time I ordered this soup and their port was quite lovely, which made an excellent dessert with the right amount of contrast with the lemony taste from the soup. I will make this soup for sure with your world class recipe.

As I am from Greek Cypriot heritage, this was a delight to find Chef John! I make this in a less 'soup' way by not adding as much water and it is just a scrum my. You have reminded me that I have not made this in a while.. thank you

One of the greatest soups, glad you made a video on it, well done

I'm quite amazed on how accurate this recipe is!Aside from the rice,where in Greece we use a type called Carolina (it is preety much like Arborio),this recipe is VERY accurate! Just one small tip from a Greek cook,in case you are afraid that those eggs will scramble,you can use only the yolks and lemon,and use some cornstarch in there,and continue with the tempering process Chef John displayed here :)

Made lemon rice soup for the first time today using your recipe. PHENOMENAL! Thank you, good sir!

as a Greek away from home, this brought back very nice memories! thank you sir!

I grown up with this soup and my greek grandmother of 83 years still makes this soup every week. It's a base for so many other delicious soups. In greek we call this dish you made there simply "chicken soup".

Love avgolemono soup.. My popou makes it all the time! Mmm!

I love Chef John's recipe, because it can be tricky as he explained when you add the sauce to the base. This is a very healthy soup used by Greek grandmothers as a panacea. It boosts protein, vitamin C, and other essential minerals. It also increases our happiness factor by a few notches during the cold and dark winter months. If you are not calorie-conscious, I would also recommend some fresh bread and feta cheese on a side plate, which is a staple supplement in most Greek family homes.

So great that ChefJohn made such a video! So here are a few tips from a Greek and a cook...This recipe is considered a traditional comfort food here in Greece. It is most often refered to as "the best flu remedy" (along with tripe soup which is considered the best hangover remedy). Almost all households know how to cook this. A word of caution at the end! DONT try to cook the whole pot after you dump the meat in. It is already cooked and the soup is already piping hot so the chicken only needs to warm up. Take it off the stove top and let it sit for 5mins. If you try to cook it a bit further, even on low, you risk coagulating the eggs and ending in some egg-white strings forming in the soup. Also try to use the darker meat of the legs in the soup(they are more tender, but then again its down to preference, i use everything) and make sure when you boil the chicken you have cleaned the carcass well from the inside(or have the butcher do it) so that there is no coagulated blood and organ leftovers. Not that it affects the taste but they tend to dissolve in the soup and you find black specs in it. ...other than that i just had this 2 days ago and its great now that winter is coming(i know... the pun is lame...)

chef john is a wonderful, wonderful human being. he is the bob ross of cooking videos.

You made this look so easy. Greek cooking is often tricky, it really separates the men from the boys.

To be honest we (greeks) dont usually put celery but overall its a good recipe!! Good job

my dad and i have had this from greek restaurants many times over the years but i made this and it was the best either of us have ever had. thanks chef john.

So I am Greek and I make mine in a similar way. Though, over the years, I have modified it to the point where some Greeks might slap me, but I LOVE it. I do most everything he does, but I cook my broth for longer AND keep the chicken. I cook the broth for about 2 hours and then add additional (breasts or thighs) and cook it for about 1.5 hours more. That is the chicken I save to shred and put back into the soup. I also use a lot of carrots that I put in later in the process (along with celery, onions, dill, parsnip and other stock veggies). I personally like rice over orzo and for me, any rice will do. I will use Uncle Bens or anything similar and cook it until they split (about a 1/2 hour). I take everything out and cut up the carrots and shred the chicken when it cools. I put together the avgolemono and do what he does here. I then add back in the shredded chicken and carrots and then the thing most Greeks probably wouldn't do. I add a good amount of dill to the soup. My version of the soup is much chunkier than the traditional style and of course the dill... Don't knock it til you try it. Soooo good.

Oh man, the Greek cuisine's remedy potion, this is good stuff. I do exactly the same with avgolemono: I cook the entire chicken all the way through and right before the end, I clean it up and throw only the meat back in. People are really adamant about keeping the entire chicken intact, but after cooking it for 2 hours or so, I really don't see how it makes it any better. Also, we do add the onion in the beginning but I will try it your way next time, frying the onions a little sounds kind of yummy.

I tasted this soup years ago and I ordered it twice but didn't have a recipe. Thank you for sharing this recipe, I finally found it !

This will be perfect for a cold and windy spring day🥣

Chef, freshly ground black pepper is a must for the avgolemono soup.

Everytime I search for recipes, you always show up... And never fail me! 😄

Does anybody just watch food channels for the fun of it and not really cook them?

Every dish I eat and like , I go to youtube find the recipe. And coincidentally, every recipe I look for on KZfaq, food wishes has it. Thank you Chef John

I love this soup! It reminds me of a Filipino soup we make, arroz caldo. Though, we use a chicken and ginger broth instead. And the lemon or calamansi is added at the end to taste, and I LOVE it lemony. We do add eggs sometimes, but it's boiled and sometimes use quail eggs. Thanks chef, will definitely have to make this soon. Like today soon!

This man is a treasure! Love his recipes!

That tempering the eggs tip was my favourite part of the video. I can't believe I never knew about that technique.

Woooow I will try this. Love Greek food. Greetings form Romania. Thank you!

Oh man, it's just perfect! Here in Greece we eat it a lot especially in winter. My grandmother makes it and it's absolutely fantastic.

This soup has been a favorite of mine since i was a child. thanks grandma.

You add humor to your videos and make the recipes seem like fun and easy enough to do with no worries. Ty Food Wishes.!

I just made it & it was awsome !! thank you sooo much .

It is a wonderful soup that is a common comfort food for us in Greece! Perfect for rainy days and cold winter nights. Also it can be made with fish, such as red snapper, albeit you need to add the fish later.

Oh, chef! This is one my most favourite recipes! I am Greek and live in Greece and I honestly smiled at the mere sight of the title of this video! A small correction, it is avgolemono and not avgolemeno! Also, we usually just put the chicken along with a whole onion, a whole medium sized tomato, a couple of medium sized potatoes, 3-4 carrots and some celery. We don't saute the onion separately! Most people, here in Greece, usually take out the vegetebales along with the meat and serve them on a separate platter but I like blending the vegetables in with the avgolemono and make my soup super rich and creamy! Love your recipes! Thank you!

Cheated when I made this tonight to save time. In lieu of boiling a whole chicken, I just used prepared chicken stock, water, and extra chicken bullion to enhance the flavor. Added in a lemon pepper rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. Absolutely amazing!

A frugal alternative is to take the chicken out after an hour, scrape the meat off the then return the stripped carcass to the stock for the remaining three hours. Best of both worlds. Or that's how my mum does it anyway. 😊 Great recipe! 👌

Third time making it. Family loves it. Thanks Chef John. All your recipes are YUMMMM.

Thank you Chef, Great tasty recipe. ... On my third time I ve made this soup I ve added some raw sweet corns to it , about a cup together with the rice. ... I know it is not the original recipe but I like trying out new ideas.... Anyhow, it did something amazing with the soup. ...

You are so very humorous Chef John. I loved the GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL part at the end. I will continue to watch my favorite Chef forever as long as you keep these precious recipes coming. They're like gold to me and at one time in my life, I would fall asleep to your videos. Very comforting

I made this today and only added 1/4 cup of lemon juice and then put lemon wedges on the table with minced cilantro, diced jalapeños and crispy fried onions. Everyone here has a cold and boy did it hit the spot!!! Winner-winner-chicken-soup-dinner!!!!

This looks fantastic!

Just finished making this. And it is KIL-LER! Chef John, you are THE man!!!

OMG everyone is a critic. Obviously, you did a bang up job making this soup and spreading the spirit of cooking Greek even if you cannot pronounce it LOL Its a gutteral g and I cannot spell gutteral gutaral who knows , anyway, I am teaching how to make this soup in a class this coming january year sixteen. My grandmother never put onions carrots celery I think she was poor and they did not have the items. There is a person who is taking the class who is allergic to onions for which I pity her but when I brought samples in she asked me about the onions and I told her no onions so now I am teaching the class. Your videos are great and humor is nice too. Thank you.

I've been following you for a long time and it's so nice seeing you interested in our cuisine! Also saw your chicken and potatos recipe and you did a great job! Thanks chef john you're awesome, also keep rocking the cayenne!

Chef John ! Thanks for such an excellent recipe. I utilize elements and techniques from this video and incorporated them into a soup that I make for the love of my life, Paula Fay. She loves it extremely tart. To see the smile on her face and joy that she exhibits is so great. Thanks again and I hope to learn more from your blog and channel.

This is one of my top 3 favorites. This video makes it seem labor intensive but let me tell you it's every second or TLC you give this soup.

Impressed Chef John! A pretty faithful recipe for one of my absolute favourite dishes. My yiayia usually beats the hell out of the tempered eggs which gives a slightly frothy and foamy texture.

Ok, now I need to make a batch of this. My mother used to make it all the time, being from a Greek family.

Oh my goodness. That was an amazing dinner! There were a couple things I did a little different, but mostly I followed your recipe. 5 stars!

Looks crazy comforting!

Made this today, came out.....amazing!!! Thank you chef John. Never heard this soup ever before...now my new favourite.

I'm glad to have found this recipe. I always get this (& spanakopita) when I go to a Greek restaurant. Yummee!

Dear John, I make Avgolemono soup every week (Winter or Summer). But I do the more simplified version. I boil a large bird for an hour. Remove it and set aside. Prepare the Avgolemono (2 eggs + 6 lemons). I do the tempering exercise of course. Add the mixture in the "broth". Add a handful of short grain rice for luck. Add morsels of chicken. Salt, pepper and a lot of dill. But I'll try it your way for a change. Thanks.

I was searching different versions of this recipe, and I'm going to make this one because it looks delish but more importantly, you got me to crack up a few times.

Really enjoy your videos... just the right speed, just the right duration, and it shows that you enjoy making them. Thanks!

Now that is a delicious soup. I love soup with rice

I think it was Beethoven who said that "Only the pure in heart can make good soup..." Dunno if that's true.

I'm going to make this. Looks amazing.

Me when I discovered this channel: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALL

I made this tonight and in spite of the complications that arose from working in a tiny kitchen it came out great. Thanks a lot Chef John.

It looks great! Very inspiring! I cant wait to try it! Thank you for your joyfull channel!

Made this one last week. Simply amazing! Incredibly hardy. Added bonus plenty of shredded chicken left over for tacos and fried rice.

hi from Greece and especially from Zakinthos island that we eat it a lot in the winner ,a small advice to taste even better you can mix beef meat with chicken !!!!

My wife who is Albanian made a lemon rice soup using Turkey from our Thanksgiving dinner the next day and OH MY GOD unbelievable

One of my favorite soups ever. Have tried it with orzo, not rice, but would love to try it with arborio. Thanks!

Mmmm, can't wait to try this!

Love your commentary! AvGOOOOOALemeno FTW 😁

I craving this soup today, that looks delicous!!!

No matter how you say it this soup is Fabulous!

Just made this. My absolute favorite soup. 😊😊😊

This came out great. You have a way of making these recipes possible at home. It's a gift. Thank you!

If anyone wants a more creamy texture of avgolemono execute it as following: whip the egg whites into a soft meringue when it's nice and fluffy whip in the egg yolks and the meringue will get a nice yellowish colour. Proceed with tampering the mixture as Chef demonstrates and there you have it, a great creamy avgolemono sauce on top of your soup. I highly recommend this way it makes a difference.

Hello from Cyprus! Great job Chef John.

Avgolemono (Αυγολέμονο) is the right word :) The egg with the lemon is great! and we use it in many dishes!!!!!!

"We can shred it or chop it or cube it or dice it and put it into the soup in the end." 2:38 The late George Carlin used to use rythmic phrases like that. Thanks for reminding me Chef. Btw. I'm cooking the soup for the 3rd time. The recipe is real good, you can trust me, I'm Greek. Then again, don't trust me, I'm Greek.

This soup is pure medicine for the cold winter months! My yiayia did it the exact same way. Thanks for posting !😊

Chef John, it's avgolemOno!!! I'm greek! Thank you for you wonderful recipes, I love love love your channel!! :)

My favorite chef cooking my favorite recipe!!Thank you chef John,you just made my weekend :)

OMG you did a Greek recipe! I'm so happy!!

For the final step, you temper in the egg and lemon juice, give it one big stir, turn off the heat, and let it sit for fifteen minutes. This allows for the 'soup' to set up. You get this lovely frothy egg custardy kind of top, with the rice layer (chicken or no chicken) on the bottom. It's simplistic deliciousness. Thanks for your rendition Chef J.

Chef! I made it two nights ago. My Girlfriend and I love it! Top result! Thank you!