Egg Drop Soup

Yield
2
Cooking Time
20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp oil
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 inch ginger peeled and grated
  • 1 scallion chopped and divided between white and greens
  • 2 C chicken stock
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp cornstarch
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp chicken stock
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
  • 1/4 tsp white pepper
  • 1 diced tomato (optional)
  • 1/2 lb diced meat (optional)
  • 8 oz diced mushrooms (optional)
  • 2 strips bacon chopped (optional)

Instructions

  1. Crack 2 eggs and beat it well.
  2. Add some oil to a pot, along with some aromatics - grated garlic, ginger, and a little bit white part of the spring onion. Stir them until fragrant.
  3. If adding tomato, add now and saute for about a minute, then add sugar and salt to taste. You can also add any of your favorite vegetables that saute well at this point. You can also add meat here, just cook it til almost done before proceeding.
  4. Pour in 2 cups of chicken stock and add some white part of spring onion. You can also use water, but chicken stock provides much more flavor. Bring this to a boil.
  5. While waiting, mix 1.5 tbsp of cornstarch and 1.5 tbsp of water together.
  6. When the chicken stock is boiling. Slowly pour in the cornstarch water and stir it at the same time so it doesn’t clump up. In less than a minute, the stock should be slightly thickened.
  7. Next, it is the egg drop part. Make sure you stir it while adding the egg. In this way, you create an extra silky egg drop soup.
  8. Add some salt and white pepper to taste. Serve it in a bowl. Sprinkle some spring onion and you are done.