Quick Egg Drop Soup
The groaning table of Thanksgiving has been cleared, the leftovers are hopefully gone, and the question what do fix that’s light, flavorful, quick and easy — Quick Egg Drop Soup is the answer. This light but nutritious Egg Drop Soup is easily customized to your personal preferences. It’s gentle on the stomach, ideal for bariatric patients or those recovering from an illness, and a good way to hydrate with a meal after a workout. We like to use homemade broth, but store bought will work fine provided it’s low sodium. It’s particularly nice with a handful of chopped steamed asparagus.
Servings: 2 Servings
Calories: 84kcal
This light but nutritious Egg Drop Soup is easily customized to your personal preferences. It’s gentle on the stomach, ideal for bariatric patients or those recovering from an illness, and a good way to hydrate with a meal after a workout.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken stock - homemade or low-sodium
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 1 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 whole egg - slightly beaten
- 1 handful frozen green peas - optional
- 1 handful chopped mushrooms - optional
- 1 whole scallion or green onion - diagonally sliced with tops
Instructions
- Heat stock until fully boiling.
- While heating stock, mix cold water and cornstarch in small bowl and set aside.
- Beat 1 egg and set aside.
- When stock is fully boiling, add cornstarch liquid into broth and return to a rolling boil. Stir 1 minute.
- Slowly pour beaten egg into broth, stirring constantly and quickly with a fork or skewer to form slender long threads of egg.
- Add the optional mushrooms and peas, and stir only until peas are thawed and heated.
- Immediately remove from heat.
- Garnish with green onions and serve with soy sauce to taste.
Spa Index Kitchen Notes
Customize to your liking with carrot slivers, asparagus, jalapeno, chicken, shrimp, or other lean proteins.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1 Serving | Calories: 84 kcal (4%) | Carbohydrates: 9.4 g (3%) | Protein: 6 g (12%) | Fat: 2.9 g (4%) | Saturated Fat: 0.8 g (5%) | Cholesterol: 82 mg (27%) | Sodium: 813 mg (35%) | Fiber: 1.8 g (8%) | Sugar: 2.8 g (3%)
Easiest thing ever. I bring eggs to work from our chickens and we make this in the office microwave lickety split. Don’t often use the cornstarch at work, instead, we use two eggs in the office. Family prefers it with the cornstarch thickener.
go to for soup when you’re sick but don’t want carbs from the noodles