This easy Chinese egg drop soup is ready in less than 15 minutes and tastes just like the soup at your favorite Chinese restaurant! It’s made with eggs, ginger, green onions, and mushrooms.
How to make egg drop soup!
Place the remaining chicken stock, ginger, soy sauce, green onions, mushrooms, and white pepper in a pot and bring to a boil.
Stir in the corn starch slurry. Slowly pour in the beaten eggs while stirring the soup while stirring slowly. The egg will spread out into ribbons.
Turn up the fire and then slightly pour the whisked egg in. Stir the soup with chopsticks. Turn off the fire, sprinkle with scallion greens and serve.
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egg drop soup recipe
- pot
Equipment
- pot
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs lightly beaten
- 4 cups good-quality chicken or vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/2 onion sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 3 green onions chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 tsp. salt
- 3/4 cup sliced shiitake mushrooms
Instructions
- Measure out 1/2 cup of the stock and mix with the cornstarch until dissolved.
- Place the remaining chicken stock, ginger, soy sauce, green onions, mushrooms, and white pepper in a pot and bring to a boil.
- Stir in the corn starch slurry. Slowly pour in the beaten eggs while stirring the soup while stirring slowly. The egg will spread out into ribbons.
- Turn up the fire and then slightly pour the whisked egg in. Stir the soup with chopsticks. Turn off the fire, sprinkle with scallion greens and serve.
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