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Chinese Egg Drop Soup
Serves 2 · About 10 min
A chicken broth soup, slightly thickened, with beaten egg poured in to make soft ribbons.
① Prep→② Heat the soup→③ Thicken→④ Pour in the egg→⑤ Finish
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How to make it
1
Prep
- On a cutting board, cut the leek into thin rounds 2–3 mm wide
- Crack the egg into a small dish and beat well with cooking chopsticks, cutting through the white
- In another small bowl, put 1 tsp potato starch and 2 tsp water and mix (starch slurry)
How to tell it's doneNo lumps of egg white, and it is all the same yellow.
2
Heat the soup
- Put 400 ml water and 2 tsp chicken stock powder in a pot over medium heat
- When it boils, add 1/2 tsp soy sauce and a pinch of salt
How to tell it's doneBig bubbles are bubbling up from the edge of the pot.
3
Thicken
- Turn to medium-low heat
- Stir the starch slurry again, then add it a little at a time while stirring the soup with a ladle
- Keep stirring until it bubbles again
How to tell it's doneThe soup is slightly thick, and the cloudy white parts have turned clear.
4
Pour in the egg
- While the soup is gently bubbling, pour in the beaten egg in a thin stream, in a circle
- Do not stir right after adding. Wait 10 seconds, then stir 1–2 times in big circles with a ladle
How to tell it's doneThe egg spreads out fluffy and sets, and you cannot see any clear, raw egg.
5
Finish
- Turn off the heat and add the leek, 1/2 tsp sesame oil and a pinch of pepper
- Taste it. If the flavor is weak, add a pinch of salt
- Serve
ReadyYellow egg and white green onion float in the soup.
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If it didn't work out
The egg broke into bits and the soup is cloudyYou stirred right after adding the egg. Next time, wait 10 seconds before stirring.
It doesn't thickenYou did not bring it to a boil after adding the starch slurry. Stir and let it bubble again.
The potato starch turned into lumpsYou added it all at once to the boiling soup. Next time, add it a little at a time while stirring.
The flavor is weakAdd salt a pinch at a time, tasting each time.
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