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Kakitamajiru - Egg Drop Soup Recipe

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

Japanese egg drop soup is called kakitama-jiru.
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Ingredients:

  • 3 1/3 cups dashi soup stock
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 eggs
  • 12 - 16 boiled string beans
  • 2 shiitake mushrooms

Preparation:

Thinly slice shiitake mushrooms. Heat dashi soup stock in a pan. Add shiitake slices, soy sauce and salt in the soup and bring to a boil. Lightly beat eggs in a bowl. Pour the eggs into the soup slowly. Stop the heat and add boiled string beans in the soup.

*Makes 4 servings

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