DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Avgolemoni Soup
Also known as: Αυγολέμονο
Cypriot rice soup enriched with egg and fresh lemon juice.
About Avgolemoni Soup
The Republic of Cyprus’s traditional recipe collection presents avgolémoni as an egg-and-lemon soup. This version combines medium-grain rice and chicken stock with whole eggs and fresh lemon juice.
Lemon gives the soup its bright citrus flavour beside the savoury stock. Sea salt and black pepper provide the principal seasonings around the egg-enriched mixture.
The soup is creamy and smooth, with tender rice through the bowl, and is presented hot. The booklet also describes an optional regional serving with cinnamon, boiled chicken and brandy.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Avgolemoni Soup
Cyprus’s traditional avgolémoni soup.
- Medium-grain rice (glacé)BaseIngredient page not linked
- Chicken stockLiquid
- EggsBinder
- Fresh lemon juiceSeasoning
- Sea saltSeasoning
- Freshly ground black pepperSeasoning
- Ground cinnamonGarnish · Optional regional service · Optional
- Boiled chickenAccompaniment · Optional regional service · Optional
- BrandyAccompaniment · Optional regional service · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Medium-grain rice (glacé): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual medium-grain/glace form; precise cultivar/candidate unresolved.
- Chicken stock: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named prepared stock full formula unprovided, no invented separate water/allergens.
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
- Fresh lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sea salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Freshly ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground cinnamon (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit optional regional serving tip; broader cinnamon candidate.
- Boiled chicken (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source regional chicken-or-lamb option selected; broader chicken candidate, separate full cooking formula unknown.
- Brandy (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source regional service tip, exact product formula unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cyprus
- CyprusCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cypriot Cuisine
- Cypriot CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.