Chinese Egg Drop Soup Recipe (With Vegetarian Option)

Anshu Pande

June 18, 2023

1512 Ratings

Time:Prep: 10 M|Cook: 15 M|Total: 25 M

Makes:4 Servings

Meal:Appetizer

Cuisine:Chinese

Chinese Egg Drop Soup is a delicious soup which can be made in no time. This recipe is traditionally made with chicken stock. However, one can replace the stock with plain water since the cornstarch/cornflour is added to make a slurry. It is a comfort recipe which gets ready in less time as it requires no fancy ingredients. Serve Chinese Egg Drop Soup with Crispy Noodle Salad or Sichuan Style Vegetarian Mapo Doufu.

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Ingredients

3 Whole Eggs, lightly beaten

4 Chicken stock, or 4 cups water

1 Corn flour

1/2 Ginger, grated

1 Soy sauce

3 Spring Onion Greens, chopped

1/4 White pepper powder

200 Button mushrooms, quartered

1/2 Lemon, slices for garnish (optional)

Thai Red chilli (Birds Eye Chilli), chopped, for garnish (optional)

Instructions for Chinese Egg Drop Soup Recipe (With Vegetarian Option)

To prepare Chinese Egg Drop Soup Recipe, get prep with all the ingredients first. To a cup of stock, add cornstarch and dissolve. Set aside. You can replace the stock with plain water also.

In a saucepan, add some stock along with mushrooms, spring onions, ginger, soy sauce and ground white pepper. Bring it to a boil.

Add the cornstarch slurry and stir and keep it on simmer till the soup has thickened.

Stir in beaten eggs slowly and mix till they start spreading in ribbons.

Turn the flame off and transfer the soup recipe to serving bowls.

Garnish Chinese Egg Drop Soup with Lemon slices and chopped Bird's Eye Chili for that extra zing. Serve it with Crispy Noodle Salad or Sichuan Style Vegetarian Mapo Doufu.