This chicken soup is based on a traditional Greek recipe – Avgolemono. It’s the perfect dish for when you are unwell, cold or just need some good old-fashioned comfort food!

Ingredients

• 1 chicken breast
• 1 carrot
• 1 small onion
• 2 celery sticks
• 4 eggs
• chicken stock
• cracked pepper (optional)
• juice of one lemon
• lemon wedges, coriander and red chilli (as a garnish)
• one cup of white rice

Method:

• Finely chop the onion, slice the celery into small pieces and grate the carrot
• Add 8 cups of water and chicken stock to a large pan and add the chopped veggies, rice and optional cracked pepper
• Juice the lemon and add to the soup
• While the soup is beginning to simmer cut the chicken into 1cm cube pieces and then add to the soup. Simmer for around 10-12 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the rice is tender.
• Then turn off the heat and wait a few minutes. When cooled a little, add the eggs one by one and stir into the soup – ideally the soup is not too hot so the eggs gradually blend in.
• Serve immediately and enjoy ?