Egg Drop Soup
A light chicken broth with silky egg ribbons, soy and ginger. High in protein and done in 15 minutes.
- prep
- 5 min
- cook
- 10 min
- total
- 15 min
- serves
- 1
- level
- easy
Egg drop soup is one of the fastest proper meals you can make. Hot chicken broth, beaten eggs poured in slowly, and a little soy and ginger. The eggs set into silky ribbons the moment they hit the broth.
The only technique is the pour. Keep the broth at a gentle simmer, pour the eggs in a thin stream and stir in one direction. That is it.
method
Bring the chicken broth to a boil in a small pot.
If you want a thicker soup, stir in the cornstarch slurry and simmer until it thickens slightly.
Reduce the heat to a gentle simmer.
Slowly pour the beaten eggs into the broth while stirring gently with a fork in one direction. They will set into ribbons.
Add the soy sauce and ginger.
Ladle into a bowl and top with the green onions.
chef's tips
- Keep the broth at a gentle simmer when the eggs go in. A hard boil shreds them into bits.
- Pour the eggs in a thin, slow stream. That is what makes the long silky ribbons.
- Stir in one direction only. Back-and-forth stirring breaks the ribbons apart.