Egg Drop Soup

One of my favorite light soups! This recipe is from Cheap Cooking (link above).

Egg Drop Soup

Ingredients:

6 c chicken stock
3 lg slices fresh ginger
3 lg cloves garlic, smashed and peeled
2 tbsp cornstarch
3 tbsp water
1/8 tsp pepper
2 lg egg
2 tsp vegetable oil
4 scallions, diagonally sliced

Directions:

Combine stock, ginger and garlic in pot and simmer partially covered for
15 minutes. Discard ginger and garlic.

Stir cornstarch and water together in a small bowl.

Bring soup to a low simmer and add cornstarch mixture. Stir until soup
is slightly thickened. Stir in pepper.

Whisk together egg and oil thoroughly in a small bowl. Bring soup to a
very low simmer and pour egg mixture in large circle on surface of
soup. Once egg is set, gently stir. Stir in scallions and serve.