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Seaweed Egg Drop Soup

紫菜蛋花汤

Seaweed Egg Drop Soup

Prep
3 mins
Cook
5 mins
Calories
~170 kcal

At a Glance

A quick visual overview of the key ingredients and cooking flow.

At a Glance

Main Ingredients

  • Dried Laver
    Dried Laver
    5 g
    Dry weight; torn into small pieces
  • One whole fresh light-brown chicken egg with an intact shell on a pure white background.
    Egg
    2 pieces

Seasonings

  • Four intact slender spring onions
    Spring Onion
    1 stalk
    Finely sliced
  • Optional
    A small mound of pale papery dried shrimp in a shallow off-white ceramic dish.
    Papery Dried Shrimp
    1 tsp
    Omit for a vegetarian version. Otherwise, add to the boiling water in Step 2 and simmer for about 1 minute before Step 3. Taste before adding salt at the end.
  • Fine matte-white cooking salt in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Salt
    —
  • Optional
    Reddish-brown light soy sauce in a low warm off-white ceramic condiment dish on a pure white background.
    Light soy sauce
    —
    Add a little in Step 5 before salting, then taste and reduce the salt. It will slightly darken the broth.
  • Fine pale-beige ground white pepper in a warm-white ceramic condiment dish
    Ground White Pepper
    —
    A little
  • Amber sesame oil in a shallow off-white condiment dish.
    Sesame Oil
    —
    A few drops
  • A short clear glass tumbler filled with colorless water on a pure white background, with a visible waterline and natural refraction.
    Water
    600 ml
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