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Greek Lemon Chicken Soup Meal in a Jar
By · 3 servings
10m prep time
25m cook time
This delicious chicken soup is known as Avgolemono. It is Greek comfort food. This shelf-stable version is perfect to keep in your pantry for days you're feeling under the weather and need a simple, quick, healthy meal.
By Cherith Moore
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup orzo pasta or uncooked medium grain rice
- 3/4 cup Thrive Life diced chicken
- 2 Tablespoons Thrive Life chopped onions
- 1/4 cup Thrive Life celery, crushed in a baggie
- 2 Tablespoons Thrive Life carrot dices
- 1 Tablespoon Thrive Life green onions
- 1 teaspoon Thrive Life garlic
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 Tablespoon Thrive Life chicken bouillon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup Thrive Life scrambled egg mix, in a baggie
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Thrive Life lemon powder or 8 True Lemon packets, in the egg baggie
- 2-3 Tablespoons heavy cream, optional
Directions
- Layer ingredients in a pint jar, add an oxygen absorber, and store in your pantry.
- When you're ready to prepare the soup, set aside the egg and lemon baggie for later.
- Add contents of jar to large soup pot.
- Add 6 cups water and stir well.
- Bring to a boil then simmer on medium heat for about 15-20 mins or until pasta or rice and carrots are tender.
- Make your egg lemon sauce by adding the contents of the baggie to a medium sized bowl and adding 1/2 cup water.
- Stir egg mixture with a fork until smooth.
- Temper the eggs by slowly raising their temperature. Add 1 ladle of hot broth to the egg mixture while whisking constantly. Add another ladle and continue whisking. Add a third and a fourth ladle while stirring. Now your eggs are "tempered" and will not scramble when you put them into the hot liquid.
- Add the egg sauce to your soup pot and stir.
- Remove from heat and add 2-3 Tbsp fresh heavy cream, optional.
- Serve immediately. Garnish with thin lemon slices and scallions.