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Tomato Egg Drop Soup 番茄蛋花湯
Tomato Egg Drop Soup 番茄蛋花湯 is a wonderful classic chinese comfort dish, a really easy to make light and delicious soup that tastes just as good cold as hot.
- Prep time
- 3 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 5 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, smashed
- 1/2 cup chinese pickled mustard, rinsed well and sliced to matchsticks
- 1/2 cup chinese dried shrimp
- 6 cups water
- 2 tbsp spring onions, chopped to rounds
- 1 egg
Instructions
- 1
Wash tomatoes and press flat with side of cleaver, or slice in half.
- 2
Put tomatoes, pickled mustard, dried shrimps, and water in large pot over high heat.
- 3
When boiled turn down heat and simmer 10 mins.
- 4
Prepare egg by gently whisking in a bowl.
- 5
Turn off heat for the soup. Immediately, very slowly pour the beaten egg into the soup, stirring gently the whole time. You should see the egg flower in the still hot soup.
- 6
Serve hot or cold.