No knife needed for this easy recipe! Chinese-Style Egg and Wakame Soup

4.6

(1735 reviews)

Time

approx. 5mins

This simple soup comes together quickly even on a busy morning. The slight thickness helps keep it warm to the last sip.

  • Calories

    65kcal

  • Carbs

    3.2g

  • Fat

    3.9g

  • Protein

    3.7g

  • Net Carbs

    2.9g

  • Sodium

    707.4mg

* per serving

* Nutritional values are based on the Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan and may differ from U.S. food composition data.

* Sodium is estimated from the recipe's salt content (1 g salt ≈ 393 mg sodium).

Ingredients [ 2 servings ]

  • beaten egg1
  • dried wakame seaweed1 tablespoon
  • chicken stock powder2 teaspoons
  • water400 ml
  • salt and peppera pinch
  • sesame oila dash

Potato Starch Slurry

  • potato starch½ tablespoon
  • water1 tablespoon
Cooking notes

Please Note

Ingredients may vary by product and region. If you have food allergies or dietary restrictions, please review all ingredient labels carefully before cooking. Consult your doctor or a registered dietitian if you have any health concerns.

Instructions

1

Put the water, chicken stock powder, and wakame in a pot and warm over medium heat. Once it comes to a boil, slowly pour in the dissolved potato starch and thicken the soup.

2

Slowly pour the beaten egg into the soup from step 1 and cook until the egg is cooked through, then add salt, pepper, and sesame oil and stir.

Reviews

4.6

(1735 reviews)

*Automatically translated from reviews posted in Japan.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    It turned out really delicious. My family loved it too. I made a double batch. I still used just 1 egg. 800 cc water, 1 tbsp plus 1 tsp chicken stock powder, a slurry of 1 tbsp potato starch to 2 tbsp water, salt and pepper to taste, and 1 tsp sesame oil at the end.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    Adding sesame oil would make it more Chinese-style, but since I was eating it with an elderly person, I left it out. The chicken stock and egg give it a gentle flavor, and the slight thickness makes it easy to eat for older people even though it is not miso soup. (Be careful to cut the wakame into small pieces so it does not catch in the throat.) This is a tasty basic soup that seems versatile. I think adding ginger, onion, or doubanjiang would make it even more Chinese in flavor. I think I will make this again many times.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    It’s simple, yet has a gentle flavor and is absolutely delicious! It’s perfect when you need one more dish.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I’m not exactly a beginner, but I wanted to expand my repertoire, so this was a great learning experience. Whenever I go to a yakiniku restaurant, I order egg soup, and I felt this came pretty close to that flavor. In my case, I served this alongside gyoza ☆ The aroma of the sesame oil is really nice too ♪ I think I’ll make this again lol I added green onion too!!

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    It’s piping hot because it’s thickened 🥰

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    We’re a family of four, so I doubled the recipe. It tasted a little mild for us, so I added 1 extra tablespoon of chicken stock powder on top of what the recipe called for. My husband likes Chinese-style soup, so I make this often. It was delicious.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    It was easy to make and turned out soooo delicious! Perfect with gyoza ♪ Thank you for this tasty, easy recipe!!!

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    I tried making it with glass noodles and added ham! It was super easy, and adding sesame oil made it feel like authentic Chinese food? lol It was really delicious!

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    It was easy and very delicious 😋 Adding a little white sesame at the end made it really nice. We like to use plenty of white sesame in our home.

  • 🇯🇵 User from Japan

    So easy and much appreciated!