How to make egg drop soup

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Sam1148 December 28, 2012
First you sneak up behind the egg while it's carrying soup and yell SURPRISE!

Seriously the trick is have the stock slightly thickened with corn starts. Only LIGHTLY beat the eggs don't whip them. You should have some yolk bits in there. Then stir the very rapidly with one hand and drizzle in the egg---I use a small soup bowl with a couple of chopstick I can hold with my thumb so it drizzle into falling in in one clump. stiring rapidly is a key...sometimes it helps to have extra pare of hands to stir while adding the eggs.

 
Rose H. December 28, 2012
Start with very hot stock, and add egg in a very thin stream and slowly. That will result in tendrils of cooked egg in your soup, rather than clumps
 
CookLikeMad December 24, 2012
Here's a nice tutorial from The Kitchn: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-egg-159379
 
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