Egg Drop Soup
HB-0837 · Hand-built original · Chinese
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
Serving count not stated for this recipe, so quantities are shown as written.
Ingredients
- 3 cups chicken stock
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- Pinch of white or black pepper
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1/3 cup frozen peas, thawed
- 1/3 cup mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp water
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup spring onions, thinly sliced
Method
- Bring the chicken stock to a gentle boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Stir in the salt, sugar, pepper and sesame oil.
- Add the peas and mushrooms and simmer for 2 minutes, until the mushrooms soften.
- Stir the cornstarch and water together in a small bowl to make a smooth slurry.
- Stir the slurry into the soup and simmer for about 1 minute, until lightly thickened.
- Reduce the heat so the soup is barely simmering. Stir the soup in one direction to make a slow swirl, then drizzle in the beaten eggs in a thin stream.
- Wait 20 seconds, then stir once very gently so the eggs form soft ribbons.
- Remove from the heat, scatter over the spring onions, and serve at once.
Nutrition not computed — no serving count in the source recipe (per-serving values cannot be derived without one).