Hello everyone
Today I’ll share a soup with you
Which is the “Tomato and Fried Egg Soup”
In our dialect, it has a different name
But it’s the same thing
The regular “Tomato and Egg Drops Soup” is so simple
So I’ll share a version with a twist to it
Let’s see how fresh these tomatoes are
By looking here
The vines are still green
When we are dicing the tomatoes
We'd better remove the core
First cut it in half
Then slice from the left and right
It’ll be off like this
For the tomatoes today
Cut them into thicker slices
Thicker slices are juicier
Later during cooking,
The juice won’t come out
It will be contained
Then it will have a juicier taste and fuller texture
Even though it’s only a simple soup
It still has a lot of culinary tricks
Then let’s mix the eggs
When we are mixing the eggs
Try to use a full range of motion
To incorporate more air
Then the fried eggs will taste softer
Lift the egg mixture up like this
When the air is mixed in, there will be many bubbles
When we make this in restaurants
We usually add some vinegar to enhance the umami
Then some salt
Alright, it’s done
Lots of bubbles inside
Success
Finally let’s chop some green onions
Alright, let’s make the soup
First we heat up the wok
Add a ladle of vegetable oil to grease the wok
Preheating and greasing the wok are required for frying eggs
Otherwise the eggs stick very easily
Then add oil, about 1/3 the volume of the egg mixture
After the oil is heated, scoop some out with a ladle
Add in the beaten eggs, then pour the heated oil over the eggs
So that the eggs are cooked evenly from both sides
Turn the heat to medium and keep frying the egg
Flip the eggs halfway through
Once the eggs’ aroma comes out, add in the tomatoes. Stir fry for a bit
Then pour in some boiling water
The boiling water makes the soup whiter
Bring it to a boil over high heat, then turn down to medium heat and boil for 3 minutes
Skim off the scum
When the soup becomes white, season with salt
Sprinkle with some chopped green onions and it’s done
Uncle, let me get you some
Alrighty
Get some soup first
Alright
You want tomatoes?
Sure
A few slices of tomatoes
The tomatoes are pretty soft
Have some soup before the meal
The tomatoes look cute
Hot hot hot
Slow down then
Of course uncle
You hungry, huh?
The soup must be pretty hot
Let me taste
Nice
The aroma of the eggs is very strong
Don’t break the eggs during stir frying
Just wait for both sides to get fluffy
Stir fry with tomatoes and pour water in
If your burner is weak
Remember to boil the water before hand
The soup is nice
We are trying to keep…
The soup is really savory
It’s so good even without MSG
Yeah
We are trying to keep the original flavor of the tomatoes
So keep the slices a little thicker
Nice
If you want the “Tomato Egg Drop Soup”
It will be exactly the opposite
The thinner tomato slices, the better
Because thinner slices are easier to cook
Just add some boiling water and it would be done
Alright, that’s it for this episode
Try on your own if you are interested!