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Chikhirtma: Georgian chicken soup with egg yolks

Name: Chikhirtma: Georgian chicken soup with egg yolks
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 100 ml Vegetable oil; 1 Chicken; 5 Egg yolks; 50 ml Wine vinegar; to taste Bay leaf; to taste Salt and pepper; to taste Cilantro

Georgian chicken soup with sautéed onion, thickened with egg yolks and wine vinegar and finished with fresh cilantro. Serves 6.

Middle Eastern cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 hr 45 min
Total time: 2 hr
Servings: 6 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Middle Eastern

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Chikhirtma is a traditional Georgian soup most often made with chicken. It starts with chicken broth flavored with bay leaf and pepper, to which sautéed onion is added. Egg yolks mixed with wine vinegar give the soup a slightly tangy flavor and thicken it as they are gradually poured into the hot broth, stirring constantly. Finally, the chopped chicken is returned to the soup, and cilantro is sprinkled on top. Serve it for lunch or dinner.

Ingredients

6 servings

Vegetable oil 100 ml
Chicken 1
Egg yolks 5
Wine vinegar 50 ml
Bay leaf to taste
Salt and pepper to taste
Cilantro to taste

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Instructions

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First, cook the chicken to make the broth. Half an hour before the end of cooking, add herbs to taste, the bay leaf, and pepper.
Remove the cooked chicken and cut it into pieces.
Chop the onion, sauté it lightly, then add it to the broth and cook for another 5–10 minutes.
Mix the egg yolks with the vinegar and gradually pour them into the broth, stirring constantly.
Return the chopped chicken to the soup, bring it to a boil, and finish with a sprinkle of cilantro.

Tip: First, stir a ladleful of hot broth into the egg yolks and vinegar a tablespoon at a time, then pour the mixture into the pot, stirring constantly. This warms the yolks gradually so they do not curdle.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 441 kcal
Protein: 49 g
Carbohydrates: 0.6 g
of which sugars: 0.1 g
Fat: 26 g
of which saturates: 4.6 g
Fiber: 0.0 g
Salt: 0.8 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Čichirtma – gruzínska kuracia polievka so žĺtkami