Egg drop soup

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Egg drop soup
chicken broth, condiments (black pepper or white pepper), scallions, tofu
Egg drop soup
Hanyu Pinyin
dànhuāgēng
Yue: Cantonese
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Egg drop soup, also known as egg flower soup, (

chicken broth. Condiments such as black or white pepper, and finely chopped scallions and tofu, are commonly added to the soup. The soup is made by adding a thin stream of beaten eggs to the boiling broth in the final moments of cooking, creating thin, silken strands or flakes of cooked egg that float in the soup.[1][2]

American Chinese cuisine

A bowl of egg drop soup in the United States

In the United States, egg drop soup is often one of the main soups offered in

Cornstarch may be used to thicken it.[2]

Chinese cuisine

In

corn
.

Laotian cuisine

Mee ka tee

Mee ka tee is a Laotian red curry and coconut milk egg drop noodle soup.[5][6]

European cuisine

In Italy,

parmesan cheese, is popular, as is zuppa pavese
, consisting of broth into which slices of stale bread and poached eggs are placed.

In France, tourin, a garlic soup, is made with egg whites which are drizzled into the soup in a similar way to how traditional egg drop soup is made.

In Spain, the similar and traditional

sopa de ajo
("garlic soup") uses egg whites to thicken the broth in a similar way.

In Austria, egg drop soup (Eierflockensuppe

dumplings
. Spices can be added to the egg-flour mixture according to taste.

There is a similar recipe in Polish cuisine (kluski lane, lit. 'poured noodles'), with the egg-flour mixture either poured directly into soup, or into boiling water, then strained and added to a soup or sauce. For children, often simmering milk (optionally with sugar) is used in place of soup.

In Russia,

vareniki (варе́ники) or the Ukrainian halušky
(галушка) are a frequent addition in the southern regions.

In Cyprus and Greece, the egg is beaten and then slowly stirred in the soup so it does not curdle. Lemon and rice are the additional ingredients besides the chicken stock to make avgolemono (αβγολέμονο), originally a dish from Jewish cuisine.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Soup Recipes - Egg Flower Soup". www.mysouprecipes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07.
  2. ^ a b Liv Wan (27 January 2021). "Easy Chinese Egg Drop Soup". The Spruce Eats.
  3. ISBN 978-1-61069-233-5
    . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  4. ISBN 978-0-316-25407-6
    . Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Busico, Michalene (March 13, 2019). "One of the most delicious things I've eaten in Dallas came from Khao Noodle Shop". Dallas News. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  6. ^ TOMETICH, ANNABELLE. "Hot Dish: At Thai Star, a Lao soup with exotic appeal". The News-Press. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  7. ^ Eierflockensuppe Rezept[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Eierflöckchensuppe | Gourmetpedia – Rezepte, übersetzte Gerichte, Menükarten, gastronomisches Wörterbuch, Menüvorschläge[permanent dead link]
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