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Egg Drop Soup with Mushrooms

This light and savoury soup, popular in many Chinese restaurants, is simple to make at home with chicken broth, whisked eggs, mushrooms, and a little seasoning.

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You’ll often find egg drop soup on the menu at Chinese American and Chinese Canadian restaurants. However, it’s not as common to find egg drop soup with mushrooms.  I came across the straw mushroom egg drop soup a few years back when out dining at Yangtze, a long established Chinese restaurant in Ottawa’s Chinatown.

Chinatown Royal Gateway, Ottawa, Canada. Photo: K. R. Lamoureux

Since I rarely find straw mushrooms in my usual grocery store, I just use whatever mushrooms I have on hand when preparing this soup at home.  If you’d like to experience the unique taste of the straw mushrooms, you’ll most likely have to make a trip to an Asian grocer to find them.

Egg Drop soup

Egg Drop Soup with Mushrooms

Kevin Lamoureux
This light and savoury soup, popular in many Chinese restaurants, is simple to make at home with chicken broth, whisked eggs, mushrooms, and some light seasoning.
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 4
Calories 96 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 cups straw mushrooms roughly chopped into bitesize pieces
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • 4 eggs
  • ¼ cup chopped chives or green onions

Instructions
 

  • In a medium pot, bring the broth, to a boil then add the mushrooms and ginger.
  • Allow mushrooms to simmer for about 3 minutes or so.
  • Meanwhile, whisk the eggs in a bowl until well blended.
  • Remove the soup pot from the heat and stir the broth in a circular motion to create a whirlpool.
  • Slowly drizzle the blended eggs into the centre of the whirlpool to create ribbons of egg that lightly cook as they hit the broth.
  • Add the green onions or chives and serve.

Notes

Straw mushrooms can be substituted for regular brown or white mushrooms.
Nutrition
Per serving
Calories: 96kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Iron: 2mg
Keyword egg drop, eggs, mushroom, soup

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