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Chicken Soup A La Grec

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Chicken Soup A La Grec – comforting soup made from scratch, perfect for a cold day.

A bowl of Chicken Soup A La Grec with a slice of bread on the edge of the bowl

You ever have one of those days when you don’t feel so good. Well of course you do. I’m having one of those days today. I have a such a sore throat and for such days there’s nothing better than a nice cup of hot chicken soup.

But I was not in the mood for just any regular chicken soup. I remember this great chicken soup that is very popular back home in Romania, it’s called Chicken Soup A La Grec. It’s an amazing soup, it’s quite sour from the lemon juice. I for one love adding lemon juice to certain types of soups, but that’s primarily because it’s a very common way to make soups in Romania. They are actually called “ciorba” which is not a soup, but a thicker, richer and sour tasty soup. That’s what differentiates a “ciorba” from a soup, the sourness. Usually you would use lemons, but vinegar or borscht are quite common too to give these soups their sour taste.

Now this soup is one of my favorites, not only because it’s sour but it’s a creamy soup, full of chicken and veggies. It’s also very common with this soup to add rice to it, but this soup was thick enough for me, so I did not add any.

So give this soup a try, it’s perfect for a cold winter day, or when you’re feeling sick, it’s a great comfort food.

A bowl of Chicken Soup A La Grec with a slice of bread on the side

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Chicken Soup A La Grec

Prep 20 minutes
Cook 1 hour 20 minutes
Total 1 hour 40 minutes
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Chicken Soup A La Grec – comforting soup made from scratch, perfect for a cold day.
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Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken (cleaned and cut into pieces)
  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 parsnip (cleaned and peeled)
  • 1/2 celery root (cleaned and peeled)
  • 1 white onion (whole, skin peeled)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 carrots (whole, cleaned and peeled)
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • juice of one lemon
  • 1/4 cup of chopped dill
  • parsley for garnish
  • 1/4 cup long grain rice (optional)

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Instructions 

  • In a big soup pot, add the chicken pieces, parsnip, carrots, celery root, white onion, bay leaf and enough water to cover completely cover all the chicken and veggies.
  • Bring to a boil and skim the foam as necessary to have a clear soup. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking the soup for another hour.
  • After an hour, remove the chicken and vegetables from the soup and strain the soup in a large bowl so that you’re left with a nice clear liquid. Let the veggies and chicken cool.
  • Shred the boiled carrots. In the soup pot add heat the oil and add the carrots to it. Saute carrots for a couple minutes after which pour the soup back to the pot. Bring to a boil.
  • In the mean time, shred the chicken breast with two forks, or as much chicken meat as you want to add to your soup. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl whisk the egg yolks with the milk and the sour cream. Add a couple ladles of soup, one at a time to the egg/sour cream mixture and whisk. Pour this mixture into the soup pot and add the chicken as well.
  • Add lemon juice, salt and pepper to soup.
  • Add rice at this time. (Optional)
  • Garnish with dill and parsley and serve hot.
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So M. Body
So M. Body
Posted: 2 years ago

5 stars
Tasty! You didn’t mention the bread though 🙂

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Jo Cooks Team 2
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Reply to  So M. Body
Posted: 2 years ago

It isn’t necessary 😉 But you can use my recipe for no knead bread

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sharon lozinca
sharon lozinca
Posted: 2 years ago

5 stars
i love this my romanian boyfriend also loves it great

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Judy
Judy
Posted: 9 years ago

How does borscht make a soup sour? Obviously it’s one of the soups us lot from Russia ate. I loved potatoes in it and used to add sugar when I was small. But I also used to add sugar to tomato soup as well.

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Joanna Cismaru
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Posted: 9 years ago

I think Romanian borscht is different than the Russian one. Romanian Borscht is a sour soup made ​​from wheat bran, rye and sugar beet fermented in water, and this is added to soups to make them sour.

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Carla
Carla
Posted: 9 years ago

This looks great! Perfect for a cold, rainy May long weekend!

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