Gai Lan Soup with Egg (Chinese Broccoli Soup)
This healthy Gai Lan Soup Recipe with Egg is as nourishing, comforting and delicious as it looks!Please note that the prep time does not include hard boiling the eggs, which will take 15 to 20 minutes. (Here's how to hard boil eggs.)
Servings: 4 to 6
Calories: 137kcal
Equipment
- soup pot large
Ingredients
- grapeseed oil for the pot
- ¼ cup light Miso paste (Shiro Miso)
- 1 tablespoon ginger pulp
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1½ teaspoons chili paste
- ¾ cup yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 3 cups Gai Lan, washed and dried, roughly chopped, tough portions of stems removed
- 5 cups warm water
- 4 hard boiled eggs, yolks removed, thinly sliced
- salt to taste
- dried chili flakes for garnish
Instructions
- Sauté the aromatics. Coat the bottom of a large soup pot with grapeseed oil and place it over medium-low heat. Add the miso, ginger, garlic and chili paste. Let this sauté for a couple of minutes, and then add the onions. Continue to sauté until the onions are soft and translucent, about 7 minutes.
- Add the Gai Lan and water. Add the Gai Lan and cook just until it's wilted. Then add the water and bring to a boil.
- Add the egg whites and simmer. Add the sliced hard cooked egg whites, cover the pot, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 15 minutes.
- Season and serve. Season to taste with sea salt and garnish each serving with dried chili flakes.
Notes
Gluten-free: most white (Shiro) miso is gluten-free, but some miso is made with barley, so check the label.
Hard boiled eggs: the prep time doesn't include hard boiling the eggs, which takes 15 to 20 minutes.
Nutritional information is automatically calculated, so it should only be used as an estimate.
Nutrition
Calories: 137kcal