Chinese Egg Drop Soup
Posted April 7, 2014 by Marc Gottlieb
Prep Time 15 min Cook Time 90 min Ready Time 1 hour, 45 min Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 kilogram chicken bones
  • 1 bunch scallions
  • 4 large eggs
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 teaspoons potato starch

Directions

  1. Make a very basic chicken soup using chicken bones and scallions.
  2. Add ground ginger.
  3. Crack eggs into a glass and check for blood spots. Whisk the eggs together in a bowl. Using the fork, lift the egg out of the bowl and allow it to stream into the pot one fork at a time. Repeat until all of the egg is used.
  4. Add potato starch in a slurry to the simmering soup until slightly thickened.