Chinese egg drop soup with ginger and spring onion greens

Name: Chinese egg drop soup with ginger and spring onion greens
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 600ml water; 20g fresh ginger, sliced into thin matchsticks; 3 tbsp tamari (gluten free); 1 tbsp cornflour; 2 eggs, beaten; 2 tbsp spring onion greens only, finely sliced; 0.5 tsp sesame oil; 0.25 tsp ground white pepper

Light, savoury ribbons of egg in a gingery broth, on the table in 15 minutes.

Time15 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.05 a head

2 servings

Ingredients

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600 mlwater
20 gfresh gingersliced into thin matchsticks
3 tbsptamari (gluten free)
1 tbspcornflour
2eggsbeaten
2 tbspspring onion greens onlyfinely sliced
½ tspsesame oil
¼ tspground white pepper

Method

1
Put the water, ginger and tamari in a pan and simmer for 5 minutes.
5 min
2
Mix the cornflour with 2 tablespoons cold water and stir it into the soup. It should turn slightly glossy and thicker in 1 minute.
1 min
3
Turn the heat to low. Pour in the beaten egg in a thin stream while stirring slowly, so it forms silky ribbons.
4
Stir in the sesame oil and white pepper.
5
Ladle into bowls and top with the spring onion greens.

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