Cabbage and Egg Soup

Chinese Modern Cuisine, Egg, Home Cooking, Soups & Stews

Hey, today we’re going to make a weird dish! Why is it a strange dish? Because it has some ingredients that some people can’t accept. In Cabbage and Egg Soup, we don’t just use chicken eggs. This soup contains fresh chicken eggs, preserved duck eggs, and salted duck eggs. Maybe these eggs sound strange to you, but the soup tastes really delicious.

If you want to learn about the strange eggs in this dish, then check out my detailed description of peeled eggs and salted duck eggs. If you come to China one day, you will find that these strange eggs appear in Chinese supermarkets, wet markets, and family kitchens. In the West, they can be found in Asian markets, or ordered online. Because they have a special taste, some people like them, some people can’t accept them, let me guess if you will like it or reject it? So let’s try Cabbage and Egg Soup!

Cabbage and Egg soup, by Chen Jing

Cabbage and Egg Soup

Hey, today we're going to make a weird dish! Why is it a strange dish? Because it has some ingredients that most people can't accept. In Cabbage egg soup, we don't just use eggs. This soup contains fresh chicken eggs, preserved eggs, and salted duck eggs. Maybe these eggs sound strange to you, but the soup tastes really delicious. If you want to learn about the strange eggs in this dish, then check out my detailed description of peeled eggs and salted duck eggs. If you come to China one day, you will find that these strange eggs appear in Chinese supermarkets, wet markets, and family kitchens. Because they have a special taste, some people like them, some people can't accept them, let me guess if you will like it or reject it? 
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Soup
Cuisine Chinese cuisine, Chinese Home Cooking
Servings 2
Calories 309 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Main Ingredients:

  • 1 Napa cabbage, small

Accessory Ingredients:

Seasonings:

  • salt (to taste)
  • ½ tsp sugar, white (granulated)
  • 2 tsp Chicken broth

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Wash the cabbage. Peel the ginger. Peel the preserved egg.
    Preserved eggs
  • Peel the salted egg.
    Salted eggs
  • Slice the cabbage. preserved eggs, and salted eggs. Slice the ginger and garlic. Beat the fresh egg.
    chop the preserved egg and salted egg

Cooking

  • Blanch the cabbage, then scoop it out and set it aside.
    1 Napa cabbage, small
    blanch the cabbage
  • Pour out the water from the wok.
    Set the blanched cabbage aside for later
  • Add 20ml (4 teaspoons) of oil to the wok, add the ginger and saute until fragrant. Add enough water to half the height of the cabbage (do not cover it with water), then add the preserved eggs and salted eggs, and bring to a boil over high heat. Season with salt, sugar, and chicken broth.
    1 preserved duck egg, 1 salted duck egg, 2 slices fresh ginger, 4 tsp oil, salt (to taste), 2 tsp Chicken broth, 1/2 tsp sugar, white (granulated)
  • Put the cabbage in the broth and cook for 1 minute, then remove it and put it in a bowl.
    add the blanched cabbage to the boiling broth
  • Add the beaten egg mixture in a thin stream into the boiling broth. Return to a boil. Finally, pour the soup over the cabbage.
    1 fresh chicken egg
    Cabbage and Egg Soup, by Chen Jing

Notes

  • When choosing a serving dish, choose one that has some depth. The finished recipe is served in the broth, but the broth should not completely cover the cabbage.

Nutrition

Calories: 309kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 17gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 701mgSodium: 193mgPotassium: 1269mgFiber: 5gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 2022IUVitamin C: 122mgCalcium: 404mgIron: 5mg
Keyword chicken broth, egg, ginger, Napa cabbage (Chinese cabbage), preserved egg, salt, salted egg, sugar, white
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