Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, easy egg drop soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Easy Egg Drop Soup is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Easy Egg Drop Soup is something that I have loved my whole life.
It's also one of the easiest soups I know. Reviews for: Photos of Easy Egg Drop Soup. It's made with eggs, ginger, green onions, and mushrooms. This Chinese egg drop soup from my friend and guest contributor Garrett McCord couldn't be easier!
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have easy egg drop soup using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Easy Egg Drop Soup:
- Make ready 4 cups unsalted stock (Chicken, pork, veg or any combo thereof is fine. Beef would taste ok, but if you used a roasted bone stock, you might get a darker than desired broth.)
- Make ready 4 cups water
- Make ready 1 medium carrot, sliced into 1/4" thick slices
- Get 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- Take 2.5 teaspoons kosher salt to start
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil (optional)
- Get 1.5-3 Tablespoons corn or potato starch, dissolved in 1/4 cup water (this is called a slurry)
- Prepare 2-3 eggs, thoroughly whisked
- Take finely chopped green onion for garnish
- Get to taste black pepper
Among its many benefits, ginger is. While it may seem daunting, egg drop soup is actually quite easy to prepare. With plenty of options for additions and substitutions, you can customize this recipe to your liking. For a heartier meal, add chopped chicken, ham, shrimp, or thinly sliced beef for an animal protein infusion.
Instructions to make Easy Egg Drop Soup:
- Put stock, water, carrot and garlic into a pot or large saucepan and bring to a boil for 2 minutes or so, covered, over medium high heat.
- Turn the heat down to medium and simmer for another 10 minutes or so to extract flavor from the aromatics - sweet from the carrot, savory from the garlic.
- Skim out the carrot and garlic, turn the heat back up to medium high, and stir in salt, toasted sesame oil, and starch slurry. Bring the soup back up to a boil for 2 minutes (bringing it to a boil activates the starch so it thickens the soup more effectively).
- Turn the heat off and give the soup a few good stirs to let it cool just a little bit. Then stir again to create a gentle whirpool, pour in your whisked eggs, and let the gentle heat do its magic to cook the eggs. Stir gently again once or twice to distribute the eggs. - - You want the soup at a temperature where the egg just sets, which is what gives it that silky texture. If the egg overcooks, then it takes on a chewier more scrambled texture, but the starch does help to prevent overcooking.
- Ladle into a bowl and garnish with chopped green onion and black pepper to taste. (White pepper is often used for this soup, but if you don't have white pepper, like I don't have white pepper, then black pepper it is! :) ) - - Enjoy!
With plenty of options for additions and substitutions, you can customize this recipe to your liking. For a heartier meal, add chopped chicken, ham, shrimp, or thinly sliced beef for an animal protein infusion. You might recognize egg drop soup from the bowl you get with the lunch plates at Chinese-American restaurants, with swirling strands of eggs floating in a light, savory broth. I know it from my Chinese grandmother, who made this quick and easy soup even though she was also known for her other. Remove pan from heat once broth is boiling.
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