Restaurant Style Egg Drop Soup

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

This chicken egg drop soup is easy to make with chicken broth, flavored with ginger, chives, and silky ribbons of egg for a savory Chinese appetizer.

Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth, divided
2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 eggs
1 egg yolk

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients.
2 Reserve 3/4 cup of chicken broth, and pour the rest into a large saucepan. Stir in chives, salt, and ginger; bring to a rolling boil. Stir reserved 3/4 cup of broth and cornstarch until smooth. Set aside.
3 Whisk eggs and egg yolk together in a small bowl with a fork. Using a fork, drizzle eggs, a little at a time, into boiling broth. Eggs will cook immediately.
4 Stir in cornstarch mixture gradually until soup reaches desired consistency.