# Egg Drop Soup

Egg drop soup is a popular Chinese take-out soup with wispy egg drops/ egg "flowers" in a lightly seasoned chicken stock that takes 10 minutes or less to make.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 eggs
- stock or water
- sugar
- salt
- chicken bouillon powder
- yellow food coloring or turmeric powder
- cornstarch slurry
- sesame oil
- green onion

## Instructions

1. Crack two eggs into a bowl.
2. Whisk the eggs with chopsticks.
3. Pour stock or water into a pot.
4. Add sugar, salt, and chicken bouillon powder to the pot.
5. Add a small amount of yellow food coloring or turmeric powder to the pot.
6. Place the pot on the stove and turn on the heat.
7. Add cornstarch slurry to the simmering liquid while stirring.
8. Slowly pour the whisked eggs into the pot, stirring gently to create egg ribbons.
9. Add sesame oil to the soup.
10. Garnish with chopped green onion.
11. Stir everything together.

## Equipment

- bowl
- chopsticks
- pot
- stove
- wooden spoon

## Tips

- Most Egg Drop Soups have food coloring to give it that iconic color.
- The soup is thickened to have a velvety consistency and is known for its iconic yellow color.
- This easy egg drop soup recipe is gluten free and takes 10 minutes or less to make.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoNMVsVuHoS/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ead84b43-a451-412e-b627-825f6c4c116e
- Extracted: 2025-11-16

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