
Tomato Egg Soup
Cuisine: Chinese
Tomato Egg Soup is a Chinese soup, built around Tomatoes.
Difficulty
2 / 5
★★☆☆☆
Estimated Calories
258 kcal
Ingredients
- Tomatoes
- Eggs
- Sesame oil
- MSG
- Salt
- Scallion, ginger, garlic
Steps
- Wash the tomatoes and cut them into chunks.
- Finely chop the scallion, ginger and garlic.
- Crack the eggs into a bowl and beat well with chopsticks (or a whisk).
- Heat the wok, add 15 ml of oil, and when a wisp of smoke rises from the oil, add the scallion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the tomatoes and stir-fry for 1 minute.
- Pour in water to about 1.2 times the height of the food in the pot, and add salt.
- Once it boils, pour in the beaten egg, break it up with chopsticks, and add MSG and sesame oil.
- Wait 30 seconds, then turn off the heat and serve.
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Notes
Tomato egg soup is a sweet-and-sour, appetizing home-style soup with a smooth, tender texture. It is extremely simple and loved by young and old alike. It is rich in lycopene, vitamin C and quality protein, balanced and easy to digest. Very beginner-friendly and quick, it takes about 15 minutes.
Estimated difficulty: ★★
Estimated calories: 258 kcal
Calculation:
- Tomatoes: 1
- Eggs: 1-2 (to taste; use 2 if you love eggs, usually 1)
- Sesame oil: 2 drops
- MSG: 5 g (optional)
- Salt: 15 g
- Scallion, ginger and garlic: 15 g in total
MSG is optional.