How To Make Egg Drop Soup

  • December 4, 2009
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Follow these steps to make delicious, restaurant-style egg drop soup.

You Will Need

  • 4 c. chicken broth
  • 1/8 tsp. ground ginger
  • 2 tbsp. chives
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs and 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp. cornstarch
  • Fat-free chicken broth (optional)
  • Fortune cookies (optional)
How To Make Egg Drop Soup: Combine corn starch and broth

Step 1: Combine corn starch and broth

Pour three-quarters of a cup of the chicken broth into a small bowl. Add the corn starch and mix together. Then set it aside.

How To Make Egg Drop Soup: Boil remaining chicken broth

Step 2: Boil remaining chicken broth

Put the remaining chicken broth in a large saucepan and add the ginger, chives, and salt. Stir and bring to a boil.

For a lighter dish, use fat-free chicken broth.

How To Make Egg Drop Soup: Whisk eggs

Step 3: Whisk eggs

Use a fork to whisk the eggs and the egg yolk in a small bowl. Add the eggs to the boiling broth a little at a time, letting the egg drizzle from the fork. Cook until the eggs are opaque, about one to two minutes.

How To Make Egg Drop Soup: Stir cornstarch

Step 4: Stir cornstarch

Remove half a cup of the soup into a measuring cup or bowl. Stir in the cornstarch until there are no lumps, and then pour the mixture back into the soup. Stir, and continue boiling until the soup thickens.

How To Make Egg Drop Soup: Enjoy

Step 5: Enjoy

Enjoy your egg drop soup. Don’t forget the fortune cookies!

Did you know? The entire time from a hen’s ovulation to laying an egg is about 25 hours. About 30 minutes later, the hen will begin to lay another egg.

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Comments (1)

Darlene212

Very well done video.. yummmm and no MSG :)

over 2 years ago by Darlene212

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