Avgolemono-Style Lemon Chicken Soup
A silky Greek lemon-egg soup with shredded chicken and riced cauliflower in place of rice.
35 min total · Medium · 4 servings
Nutrition per serving
Estimated nutrition per serving. Values vary with ingredients, brands, quantities and preparation. Net carbs = total carbs minus fiber minus erythritol. Other sugar alcohols are not subtracted. This is a labeling convention, not a measure of your blood sugar or insulin response.
4 servings: 13.6 g net carbs and 712 calories for the whole recipe
Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 ½ cups riced cauliflower
- 2 cups cooked shredded chicken thigh
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- salt and black pepper, to taste
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Steps
- 1
Bring the broth to a simmer and cook the cauliflower rice until tender.
- 2
Add the chicken and warm through.
- 3
Whisk the eggs with the lemon juice. Slowly whisk in 1 cup of hot broth, then stir the mixture back into the pot off the heat.
- 4
Do not boil. Stir in the oil, dill, salt, and pepper and serve.
Tips
- Temper the eggs slowly so they do not scramble.
- Do not reboil after adding the eggs.
Nutrition per serving
| Calories | 178 |
| Protein | 19.3 g |
| Fat | 9.4 g |
| Total carbs | 4.3 g |
| Fiber | 0.9 g |
| Net carbs | 3.4 g |
| Sodium | 830 mg |
| Saturated fat | 3 g |
Estimated nutrition per serving. Values vary with ingredients, brands, quantities and preparation. Net carbs = total carbs minus fiber minus erythritol. Other sugar alcohols are not subtracted. This is a labeling convention, not a measure of your blood sugar or insulin response. Sodium counts the ingredients listed, not salt added to taste.
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