Chinese Egg Soup Recipes

EGG DROP SOUP

Steps:

• Bring the chicken stock to a simmer in a medium soup pot. Stir in the sesame oil, salt, sugar, and white pepper. Add in the turmeric or 5 drops of yellow food coloring, if using. This will give the soup that rich restaurant-style yellow color, but it is optional. Taste the soup, and adjust the seasoning if needed.
• Next add the cornstarch and water mixture. Make sure the cornstarch and water is mixed well, as the cornstarch settles very quickly. Stir the soup continuously as you drizzle in the slurry, or you'll get clumps of cooked starch in your soup. Use more or less starch if you like a thicker or thinner soup. You can also add the starch in a couple small batches, let the soup simmer for a couple of minutes, then check to see if the consistency is to your liking.
• Now we're ready for the most exciting part: the egg. This recipe calls for the egg to be lightly beaten, which results in both white and yellow egg swirls. The speed at which you stir the soup when adding the egg also determines whether you get large "egg flowers" or small egg flowers (i.e. swirly bits of egg). Use a ladle to stir the soup in a circular motion, and slowly drizzle in the egg until you have added it all.
• Ladle the soup into bowls, top with scallions, and serve!

CHINESE EGG SOUP

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth and peas to a boil in a large saucepan.
• Slowly add egg to the boiling broth, stirring constantly. Serve hot, garnished with chopped green onions.

CHINESE TOMATO AND EGG SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add tomatoes; saute until mostly melted, 5 to 10 minutes. Add water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook, stirring occasionally, until flavors are well blended, 5 to 10 minutes. Add eggs, stirring slowly and constantly for 1 minute. Add green onion; cook for 30 seconds. Stir in sesame oil, sugar, and salt.

CHINESE EGG DROP SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring chicken broth, rice wine, ground ginger, white pepper and sugar to a boil on medium to high heat.
• Simmer for 7 minutes.
• Add scallions and let simmer for 4 minutes to soften.
• While stirring soup in one, constant direction with one hand (very important to get long threads) slowly pour beaten egg into broth with your free hand.
• Stir in the same direction for 1 minute.
• Make a slurry by combining the cornstarch and water.
• Add slurry to soup and stir and let soup thicken.
• About 2 minutes. Enjoy!