If you’re looking for a super easy weeknight dinner recipe or appetizer, then this egg drop soup is perfect for you! This soup is super easy to make and it only requires 6 ingredients! I know your whole family is going to love this one!
I think one of my favorite Asian soups is egg drop soup! It is so easy to make and the flavor combination is next level with the white pepper and sesame oil.
If you want to try some other soup recipes check these out!
- Tomato and Egg Noodle Soup
- Healthy Chicken Tortilla Soup
- Easy Chicken and Dumpling Soup
- Quick Tomato Egg Drop Soup
Tips for the perfect egg ribbons:
- Create a SLOW whirlpool with a ladle. The broth just needs to be moving in a circular motion for ribbons to form.
- If the whirlpool is too fast then the egg strands will get super short and thin.
- If the whirlpools is too slow you will get large chunks of eggs, like scrambled eggs. Bleh.
Key ingredients for egg drop soup:
- Eggs
- Obviously we need eggs here! I love using pasture raised eggs because they honestly taste better and contain way more nutrients.
- Chicken broth
- I highly recommend using either chicken or vegetable broth as your soup base instead of water. It adds more flavor and has more nutrients as well!
- Sesame oil
- Sesame oil adds a nice nuttiness to the soup. Add this at the very end, because the flavor of sesame oil tends to cook off the longs it cooks.
- White pepper
- White pepper is probably the most important ingredient in this recipe. It is the key flavor component and it is by far one of my favorite spices. I do not recommend subbing with black pepper, since the flavors are a bit different.
- Cornstarch
- The cornstarch helps the soup have a thicker consistency. You always want to mix it with some water first so that the cornstarch doesn’t clump up in the broth.
Egg Drop Soup
If you're looking for a super easy weeknight dinner recipe or appetizer, then this egg drop soup is perfect for you! This soup is super easy to make and it only requires 6 ingredients! I know your whole family is going to love this one!
Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- ½ tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 3 tbsp cornstarch + 3 tbsp water
- 1 stalk green onions
Instructions
- In a large pot, bring the chicken broth and water up to a boil.
- Add the cornstarch slurry, salt, and white pepper to the broth.
- Whisk up your eggs. Use a laddle to make a slow whirlpool in the broth. Slowly pour in the beaten eggs to form ribbons.
- Once the all the eggs are incorporated add a dash of sesame oil and green onions!
