Name: Restaurant Style Egg Drop Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 4 cups chicken broth, divided; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives; 0.25 teaspoon salt; 0.125 teaspoon ground ginger; 1.5 tablespoons cornstarch; 2 eggs; 1 egg yolk

Restaurant Style Egg Drop Soup

This chicken egg drop soup is easy to make with chicken broth, flavored with ginger, chives, and silky ribbons of egg for a savory Chinese appetizer.

20 min total 10 min prep 10 min cook 4 76 cal

Ingredients

4 serv.

4 cups chicken broth, divided
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
0.25 teaspoon salt
0.125 teaspoon ground ginger
1.5 tablespoons cornstarch
2 eggs
1 egg yolk

Instructions

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1 Gather all ingredients.
2 Reserve 3/4 cup of chicken broth, and pour the rest into a large saucepan. Stir in chives, salt, and ginger; bring to a rolling boil. Stir reserved 3/4 cup of broth and cornstarch until smooth. Set aside.
3 Whisk eggs and egg yolk together in a small bowl with a fork. Using a fork, drizzle eggs, a little at a time, into boiling broth. Eggs will cook immediately.
4 Stir in cornstarch mixture gradually until soup reaches desired consistency.