Egg Drop Soup

[Kimberly_P]

I was going to get some Egg Drop Soup from the Chinese Restaurant next to my work. I figured the only ingredients were eggs and chicken broth but I wasn't sure so I didn't get it. Is this ok to have on Atkin's?

[Adena]

Re: Egg Drop Soup

Good question, Kimberly... I'd like to know the answer to that, too. I love egg drop soup! I've found that Chinese food (otherwise) is dangerous for me, though. Even if I try to make Atkins-friendly choices, I get out of control in a hurry. Just too tempting...

[Kimberly_P]

Re: Egg Drop Soup

I know I love Chinese food too! The problem is I smell it all day while I'm at work because it's right next door.

[changing]

Re: Egg Drop Soup

I have many other low-carbers in my family, and a few of them swear by Egg Drop Soup. The egg floating around freaks me out visually (I know, I'm weird), so I don't have a lot of personal experience with it.

I found an entry for it on Calorieking.com: http://www.calorieking.com/foods/cal...vcCBzb3Vw.html

where it's listed as 3g carbs per cup. But that's if you get an egg drop soup WITHOUT noodles. A few places serve it with noodles.

So you could definitely try it as long as the broth isn't super-thick or noodle-filled, and see how it affects you.

[Barbde]

Re: Egg Drop Soup

Most use corn starch for thickening. It's very easy to make your own though. I haven't made it in a while. But I did just buy some fresh chives just to do that! I'm going to use Xanthan Gum for thickening and see how that comes out.

[Barbde]

Re: Egg Drop Soup

Here is my favorite recipe for eggdrop soup. As I said, you could just leave out the corn starch, or try the Xanthan Gum. (Sparingly on the Xanthan)
http://soup.allrecipes.com/az/RstrntStylggDrpSp.asp

[Kimberly_P]

Re: Egg Drop Soup

I went up to the Chinese place yesterday and they made the soup for me with only broth and eggs, they were really nice about it so I think they just made a new regular customer.