Poached Chicken with Avgolemono Sauce from Food of the Sun: A Fresh Look at Mediterranean Cooking by

Ingredients

• 2 celery stalks
• 1 large carrot
• 20 black peppercorns
• ½ tbsp salt
• 6 cardamom pods
• 1 free-range chicken, weighing about 1.35 kg/3 lb
• 225 g/8 oz Basmati or Patna rice
• 3 lemons
• 1 sprig of thyme
• 2 onions
• 4 eggs
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 kaffir lime leaf
• bunch of flat-leaf parsley