Shrimp Egg Drop Soup Recipe

Published on January 31, 2020

by CiCi Li

Egg drop soup or Danhuatang is a very popular Chinese home cooking dish. Nowadays, it has become so popular that you can even find it in Chinese restaurants in the US.

Serves: 6 people
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes

Ingredients:
1 king oyster mushroom, cut into 1/3-inch squares
3 leaves Napa cabbage, cut into 1/3-inch squares
1 corn, sliced off the cob
1 tomato, cut into 1/3-inch squares
2 stalks scallions, the green part, minced
6 cups of chicken stock
3 tablespoons cornstarch slurry (3 tablespoons cornstarch and 3 tablespoons water)
4 eggs, separate egg whites and egg yolks into different bowls
½ teaspoon sesame oil

Shrimp:
1 cup extra small shrimp, 61/70, peeled and deveined
a dash of rice wine
a pinch of white pepper

Seasoning:
½ teaspoon sea salt (add more or less based on your preferences)
½ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon white pepper

1. Preparation:

In two separate bowls, with the egg whites and egg yolks separated, add ½ teaspoon of rice vinegar to the egg whites and beat the egg whites. Also, add ½ teaspoon of rice vinegar to the egg yolks and beat the egg yolks. (By doing so, the egg will stay soft and tender. And we separate the egg whites and egg yolks so our egg drop soup will have the color of white and yellow.) Set aside.
To season the shrimp, in the bowl with the shrimp inside, add a dash of rice wine and a pinch of white pepper. Mix well.
To mix all the seasonings in a bowl, add the salt, sugar, and white pepper. Put aside.

2. Cooking:

To cook the soup, in a large pot, pour in the chicken stock and bring to a boil.
Transfer in the corn, king oyster mushrooms, Napa cabbage, and tomato, and cook over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes until the vegetables soften.
Then, introduce the shrimp and seasonings. Cook over medium-high heat for about 1 minute.
Pour in the cornstarch slurry to thicken the soup. Quickly stir with a pair of chopsticks until thickened.
Turn to high heat, slowly add in the egg whites in a circular motion, and stir with your chopsticks a little. Bring to a boil. Then, slowly add in the yolks in a circular motion as well, and continue to stir with your chopsticks.
Lastly, add in the scallions and sesame oil. Serve!

5 thoughts on “Shrimp Egg Drop Soup Recipe”

Sandra Wolff
January 7, 2022 at 11:49 am

Would love to try your recipe, but I have to write everything down by hand, then format it to save it. I don’t know if you know this, but there are ‘print recipe’ buttons at the bottom of the recipe, that in fact lead to an app that just lets a person search for recipes anywhere on the web, but doesn’t do a thing to print this one, which is the one I want. Also, I tried clicking and holding my mouse, just to select the text of your recipe, then pasting it into a document I could save. No such luck. It’s as though this is all image and doesn’t register.

I would love to try your recipe, but I really don’t want to type for half an hour, going back and forth between a web page and my word processor, just to get it into something I can have on the counter with me in the kitchen, maybe even put on a recipe card. I want to cook, not type!

Please do take this as constructive feedback. Your shrimp / egg soup looks delicious. Maybe one day I will sit down, write everything out long hand, then sit down and type it into a word processor so I can do something with it. *sigh* Lots of work…

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1. CiCi
  January 9, 2022 at 5:06 pm
  
  Hi dear Sandra,
  
  Many thanks for your valuable feedback! There’s a “Print Recipe” option right above each video. Also, if you click into “PDF”, you are able to copy and paste from there. Perhaps the options are too small. Let me see if I can fix this. Thanks again! 🙂
  
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2. MarieBernadette Plum
  January 18, 2025 at 6:42 pm
  
  You can try to ” screen shot” the recipe, and then print it out later. Save in your photo app.
  
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Louise
August 19, 2024 at 7:07 pm

Thank you so much for this recipe Cici, it has become a favorite in our house. I must say I have had this soup many times before; when I was in China and at other Chinatowns in the world but I now make the best, thanks to your recipe. I keep all my favorite recipes on my email so I can find them easily. I sometimes listen to your facebook posts in Chinese, I lived there for many years. All the best and regards to your family. Louise 高如玉

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1. CiCi Li
  August 22, 2024 at 2:28 pm
  
  Hi Louise,
  
  Thank you very much for your heartwarming message. It truly made my day. I’m thrilled that you enjoyed my egg drop soup recipe, as it’s also one of my favorites to make. Thanks again and happy cooking!
  
  CiCi
  
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