Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soup typically consisting of chicken broth, orzo or rice, and often meat, to which eggs and lemon juice are added.
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- noun A family of Mediterranean
sauces andsoups made withegg andlemon juice mixed withbroth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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They also have a "zesty" chicken soup called avgolemono that they bill as traditional "greek penicillin".
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We had this salad with Youvarlakia avgolemono, which is Greek-style meatballs with oregano, mint, rice, eggs, onion, and garlic, in an egg-yolk and lemon-juice spiked broth; a recipe from Elisabeth Luard’s The Old World Kitchen, which I bought based on Bittman’s recommendation.
Recipe of the Day: Fennel With Olive Oil Dipping Sauce - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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ED with reverence, for she introduced them to European exotica such as avgolemono, osso buco and pissaladière.
The Guardian World News Richard Ehrlich 2010
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ED with reverence, for she introduced them to European exotica such as avgolemono, osso buco and pissaladière.
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Served in a square white bowl, the soup deftly straddled the line between thin broth and thick creamy-based soup, and its smooth texture demonstrated its freshness, since egg-based soups such as avgolemono and uvarlakia tend to separate or curdle over time.
NashvilleScene.com 2009
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salad with a chunk of feta say "avgolemono" 3 times fastOur traditional Greek salad was nothing special, just a nice way to eat a giant chunk of feta cheese without looking like a total weirdo for ordering just a giant chunk of feta cheese.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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salad with a chunk of feta say "avgolemono" 3 times fastOur traditional Greek salad was nothing special, just a nice way to eat a giant chunk of feta cheese without looking like a total weirdo for ordering just a giant chunk of feta cheese.
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I like to add some avgolemono, it adds a nice lemony sharpness.
the red kitchen 2009
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The well-known stars are joined by neighborhood favorites such as The Continental and its avgolemono.
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The well-known stars are joined by neighborhood favorites such as The Continental and its avgolemono.
40 Seasonal Soups 2009
avivamagnolia commented on the word avgolemono
~ A soup or sauce made with chicken stock, egg yolks, and lemon juice
~ Modern Greek augolemono, from augo egg + lemoni lemon
January 19, 2009