Chicken egg drop soup. Growing up, my family had a tradition of eating lunch at our local little Chinese restaurant every single Saturday. And every single Saturday — like, we're talking nearly two. Cook the chicken: Put the chicken into a large pot and cover it with water.
My ultimate Chinese egg drop soup recipe and also my tips for how to make Chinese soup broth using store-bought stock and a few little cheats.
Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen.
Drizzle the eggs into the soup a little at a time, creating thin sheets of cooked egg.
You can have Chicken egg drop soup using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Chicken egg drop soup
- It's 3 cups of chicken stock.
- You need 1/2 cup of chicken shreds from stock.
- It's 2 of eggs.
- It's to taste of Salt.
- You need to taste of Pepper.
- It's 1 of spring onion greens.
- Prepare 1 tsp of oil/butter.
- It's 1 tsp of cornflour.
- Prepare 1 pinch of turmeric.
As fall and winter sets in, this Chicken Corn Egg Drop Soup really hits the spot on a cold day. Add the chicken to the soup, and use a spoon or ladle to break up any clumps of chicken while stirring for one minute. Marion's Kitchen Previous Next More Awesome Egg Recipes Just For You INGREDIENT Chinese Egg Drop Chicken Soup European Print This. The beauty of egg drop soup lies in the fact that it contains only three core ingredients, and they're all kitchen staples.
Chicken egg drop soup instructions
- Heat oil in a wok/pan... add a pinch of salt to the oil n add the chicken shreds to it... saute for 2 -3mins n then take it out on a plate.
- Add the chicken stock to the same pan...let it boil... meanwhile make a cornflour slurry add a pinch of turmeric to it n add this to the boiling stock... lower the flame.
- Beat eggs in a bowl n gently pour the eggs from a height to the stock.. let it set for 1 min then gently stir till u get the egg drop texture... add salt n pepper n shredded chicken fried to it... stir n bring to boil...garnish with some spring onion green n serve hot..
First up is the broth, chicken being the most common. I fondly remember the sound of the can opener working on cans of Swanson's chicken broth as the signal that egg drop soup was. Forget chicken noodle soup, this heart and flavorful chicken soup will be your new classic! Egg drop soup (Chinese: 蛋花湯; pinyin: Dànhuātāng) is a Chinese soup of wispy beaten eggs in boiled chicken broth. Condiments such as black or white pepper, and finely chopped scallions and tofu are optional, but commonly added to the soup.