This Vegetarian Avgolemono Soup is a simple Mediterranean soup of eggs, lemons, and chicken which is made vegetarian by using meatless chick’n and broth.

Besides French Onion Soup, the other soup I missed greatly when turning vegetarian was Avgolemono Soup.

It’s the greek answer to chicken noodle soup.

Our local Greek restaurant makes a wonderful one.

And I used to eat it a lot.

We still go to Greek food all the time because they do have a ton of vegetarian options.

And when I see it I really want and miss it.

So once I figured out how to make a good vegetarian french onion soup I set my sites on making Vegetarian Avgolemono Soup.

There are not that many ingredients to this soup.

And it’s certainly not a pretty soup.

But it is a tasty one.

Some recipes call for Orzo instead of rice.

I always use rice.

The rice is a much better thickener than the orzo.

Orzo tends to make it gummy in my opinion.

I personally like the soup without the added chicken.

But I added the shredded chick’n for my husband who likes his a little more meaty.

It’s all up to your preference.

But I am happy to be able to have one of my favorites again!

Last but not least…it’s a great time to order my cookbook. 😀

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8-12 cups no chicken-chicken stock ( I use Better Than Bouillon No Chicken Base plus water)
1 cup long-grain white rice
4 eggs
Juice of 3 lemons (about 1/2 cup)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1 1/2 cups meatless chick'n strips I use Gardein), optional

Bring 8 cups of stock to a boil in a 4-qt. saucepan over high heat. If you are adding the meatless chick's strips then use 12 cups of stock.
Reduce heat to medium and stir in rice; cook, partially covered and stirring occasionally, until rice is tender, about 20 minutes.
Whisk eggs and juice in a bowl until frothy, add 1 cup of the simmering stock and whisk to combine; transfer back to the pot.
Cook, while stirring, about 2 minutes more; season with salt and pepper.
If using the meatless chick'n strips, prepare as package says.
Then shred the chick'n best you can. I find using the whisk attachment in the mixer (or a hand mixer) is a great way to shred chicken and chick'n strips.
Add the shredded chick'n to the soup.
Serve immediately.