Egg Drop Soup
Author: What's-4-Chow
Recipe type: Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
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Serves: 4
Egg drop soup is one of the simplest yet tastiest of Chinese soups. This recipe demonstration will guarantee your success!
Ingredients
- 250g Very ripe, but firm tomatoes
- 2 Eggs
- 1 Spring onion, cut into fine rounds
- 2 Tbs Vegetable oil
- 1 Liter / Quart good quality chicken stock
- 1 Tbs Light soy sauce
- 1 Tbs Cornflour
Instructions
- Peel and chop the tomatoes. (instructions for this can be found in the Instructional Techniques category on this website)
- Beat the eggs and add half of the spring onion to the egg
- Mix the cornflour with a little water to make a slurry
- Heat your wok over high heat, add the oil and the spring onion rounds. Fry the spring onion for a few seconds until fragrant
- Add the stock and the soy sauce. Bring this to the boil
- Add the tomatoes, Bring this back to the boil
- Drizzle the egg into the soup in a thin stream while stirring the soup gently with your other hand
- Stir the cornflour slurry and add it to the soup. Stir the soup briefly until it has thickened and remove it from the heat
- Pour the soup into a serving bowl and serve
