Soups, Stews and Chili Recipe ⇝ Deluxe Egg Drop Soup

Not satisfied with many of the egg drop soup recipes I have come across here and elsewhere, I decided to try coming up with my own. It's not the prettiest looking soup around, but it is closer in taste and substance to what I was looking for. I may add some sweet corn next time I make it to add a little sweetness to it.

Ingredients

• 4 cups chicken broth, divided
• ¼ cup matchstick-cut carrots
• 1 tablespoon matchstick-cut fresh ginger
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced with white and green parts separated
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• ½ cup shredded cabbage
• 2 eggs, beaten
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Heat 3 1/4 cups chicken broth in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add carrots, ginger, and white parts of green onion; bring soup to a boil.
2. Whisk remaining 3/4 cup broth and cornstarch together in a bowl until dissolved.
3. Stir cabbage and green parts of green onion into the soup. Drop beaten egg, a spoonful at a time, into soup, stirring after each addition to prevent clumping. Stir cornstarch mixture into soup and season with salt and pepper. Stir soup until cornstarch thickens the soup, about 2 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

• calories64.8
• carbohydrateContent4.5 g
• cholesterolContent98 mg
• fatContent3 g
• fiberContent0.7 g
• proteinContent4.5 g
• saturatedFatContent0.8 g
• sodiumContent1003.6 mg
• sugarContent2.1 g