Homemade Chinese Food, Part 1 – Egg Drop Soup
Chinese food is a big love here in the Mrs Happy Homemaker house. When we have it in front of us, we eat it like candy. We have certainly done the the Chinese take-out option several times, but I really love to make it at the house. Even though the take-out stuff tastes pretty good, I always wonder what all is in it (as I do with most restaurants these days).
Chinese food really isn’t that hard to make yourself. Some of it can be time consuming, but not difficult to do at all. I am going to share with you our favorite Chinese meal in a 3 part series. It consists of Egg Drop Soup, Sweet ‘n Sour Pork, & Fried Rice. And, don’t even think about setting those soy sauce bottles on the table when serving this meal. You will NOT need it! This meal packs so much flavor – you won’t want to put anything additional on it!
I am going to start off the 3 part series with the easiest of all 3 dishes – the Egg Drop Soup. It is SO simple, that you may just find yourself making this for a quick lunch by itself. My oldest child can not stand eggs, and even she loves this soup.
You will need:
- 4 cups of water
- 4 cubes chicken bouillon
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 heaping tablespoon cornstarch
- green onions, chopped
In a medium saucepan, combine the water, bouillon, Italian seasoning, onion powder, & garlic powder. Bring to a boil.
Gradually stir the lightly beaten eggs into the soup.
Remove about a half cup of the soup, & stir in the cornstarch until their are no lumps. Return it to the pan. Add in about a half cup of chopped green onions, and boil until the soup thickens a little.
Garnish with more green onions, if you want to. I love my green onions…so I have to put more in mine!
Homemade Chinese Food, Part 1 - Egg Drop Soup
Ingredients
- 4 cups of water
- 4 cubes chicken bouillon
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 heaping tablespoon cornstarch
- green onions chopped
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the water, bouillon, Italian seasoning, onion powder, & garlic powder. Bring to a boil.
- Gradually stir the lightly beaten eggs into the soup.
- Remove about a half cup of the soup, & stir in the cornstarch until their are no lumps. Return it to the pan. Add in about a half cup of chopped green onions, and boil until the soup thickens a little.
- Garnish with more green onions
just popping in from This weeks cravings… i love chinese food too, and would love to try this!!
Thanks for the recipe–just made it for lunch! =)
i love eggdrop soup but have never tried making it! i have no excuse, now! 🙂
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looks delicious!
Oh I LOVE this soup!
Thank you so much for sharing 🙂
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