![]() It will thicken the soup so that the little egg flower (as the Chinese described) will be suspended and distributed evenly through the soup. The texture of the soup should be viscous enough to suspend the egg drops, but not turns into a gooey mess, Cornflour is the perfect thickening agent for this purpose. Here are a few simple tricks in this egg drop soup recipe. Forming the beautiful egg ribbons (the right way) I am running an MSG-free restaurant because that is not even a quick fix, but is just plain umani without any flavor. One important thing is that there is no MSG in making the stock for egg drop soup. Keep it simple by using only scallion, ginger, white peppercorns, and salt. Star anise and cloves are doing more harm as it is unnecessary and overpower the delicate flavor of the superior stock. You do not need many spices to pep up the stock. You will be surprised that the flavor is so close to any top-quality shark fin soup, or ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ 佛跳墻 that you taste in the Chinese banquet and wedding dinner. Of course, you need to use vegetable broth if you want to make it a vegetarian egg drop soup.Īdd some green onions, fresh ginger, and white peppercorns (or add the ground white pepper at the end of the cooking) and simmer for half an hour. If you can’t get Chinese ham, use bacon as the substitute. Since the superior stock consists mainly of chicken and fortifies with the flavor of ham, you can cook the ham with the homemade chicken broth or store-bought chicken stock to produce a similar taste. It may not be as good as the top-quality one that includes Chinese ham and scallop, but still much better than those from an ordinary Chinese restaurant. So here is my trick to take only half an hour to recreate a home-cook style superior stock. After all, the goal is to prepare egg drop soup, not for a lavish banquet. We are looking for a simplified version of this elaborate recipe. The foundation of the egg drop soup recipe is entirely built on the stock. A homemade version of the superior stockīy now you should have realized why is it so important to use the best quality stock. However, the cost and time required are too tedious for any home-cooked. This stock is the foundation for a variety of dishes, which includes egg drop soup, hot and sour soup, shark fins soup, and soup noodles among others. The soup is so flavorful that the Chinese chefs call it Superior Stock 上汤/高汤 in Chinese. The most critical component of the egg drop soup recipe is to start with good soup stock.Īny famous Chinese restaurants will prepare the Chinese soup stock with a whole chicken, lean pork, and Chinese ham called 金华火腿, along with scallop, rock sugar, ginger, and white peppercorns. There are two simple steps to preparing the easy egg drop soup- preparing the stock and forming the egg ribbons. The two steps formula for the best egg drop soup recipe I may receive commissions for purchases made through links in this post. Please read my privacy policy for more info. Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Note: It is also called Egg Flower Soup, the direct translation for the Chinese word 蛋花汤. ![]() The egg drop soup can also be the first course of a western meal. It is especially prevalent in America and has become one of the favorite Asian recipes on the menu along with other American Chinese cuisines like General Tso’s chicken and lemon chicken. The home cook style Chinese egg drops soup is well-known wherever there is a large Chinese community. In this article, I want to share with you how I prepare egg drop soup at home with a quality comparable to the restaurant. However, we do not have this luxury at home. Egg drop soup recipe is the easiest Chinese soup recipe to prepare.Ĭhinese restaurants usually have high-quality soup stock as the base of the soup.
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