Homemade Vegan Egg Drop Soup 蛋花湯 is a simple Cantonese recipe standard at Chinese restaurants. This vegan, vegetarian egg flower soup is an easy, versatile and nutritious alternative to make in just 15 minutes.
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- What Is Authentic Egg Drop Soup?
- How To Make Vegetarian Egg Drop Soup With Egg Replacer
- Classic Egg Drop Soup Ingredients and Substitutions
- Where To Buy Vegan Egg Alternatives
- Egg Substitute Brands
- Where To Buy Plant-based Egg Alternatives
- Just Egg Review
- How To Make A Good Egg Drop Soup With Just Eggs Tips
- How To Cook The Best Vegan Egg Drop Soup Recipe
- What To Serve With Vegan Chinese Egg Soup
- Easy Homemade Vegan Egg Drop Soup with Just Egg 蛋花湯
What Is Authentic Egg Drop Soup?
The name "Egg Drop Soup" is the literal action of dropping a steady stream of raw eggs into hot soup. The direct translation from Chinese is Egg Flower Soup (蛋花湯, dàn huātāng). As the egg drops into the chicken stock hot soup, the egg creates beautiful egg ribbons, fluffy swirls and flower-like patterns.
The names "egg drop" and "egg flower" soup are the same and used interchangeably.
There are many variations to Chinese restaurant style egg drop soup. Some make Chicken and Corn Egg Drop soup. Others make green onions and mushrooms or Chinese Tomato Egg Soup.
How To Make Vegetarian Egg Drop Soup With Egg Replacer
When it comes to Chinese soups, there are two categories; 1. stewed soup and 2. quick-boiled soup.
Vegetarian Egg Drop Soup is a quick-boiled soup that is easy to make at home with an egg replacer. It is an inexpensive crowd pleasure and a cheap meal prep idea to be added to your weekly meal prep menu.
Choose either plant-based egg powder alternatives or a ready-made liquid egg subsitute like Just Egg.
Some people like to add silken tofu or use it as an egg alternative.
Classic Egg Drop Soup Ingredients and Substitutions
The following ingredients is a good starting base to make Cantonese traditional egg drop soup vegetarian style.
- Vegan Egg Replacer
- Shitake Mushrooms
- Enoki Mushrooms
- Fresh Ginger
- Grounded White Pepper
- Green Onion
- Corn starch or potato starch
- Light Soy Sauce or Tamari Sauce (Gluten-Free)
- Vegetable Broth or Vegan Chicken Broth
- Water
Where To Buy Vegan Egg Alternatives
Choose the best vegan egg substitute that you prefer. Most raw egg substitutes do not have that eggy flavor, and the egg yolks' colour comes from turmeric powder or food colouring.
Egg Substitute Brands
- Just Egg
- DIY Plant-Based Egg by Kappa Foods
- Ener-G Egg Replacer
- Bob's Red Mill Egg Replacer
- Namaste Foods Egg Replacer
One thing to note is that not all egg replacers are suitable for all cooking applications. Some egg substitutes for frying chicken, some plant-based egg substitutes for baking and some work for making simple egg drop soup recipes.
Where To Buy Plant-based Egg Alternatives
You can find most egg replacers and Just Egg substitutes in the egg aisle at your local grocery stores.
Just Egg Review
We used Just Egg's convenient liquid form for our best egg flower soup recipe vegan style. I love that Just Egg is made in Canada. Just Egg ingredients contain no cholesterol, no industrial chicken farms, and no artificial flavors. They are high in protein with less saturated fat.
Just Egg products are easy to use and conveniently packaged. Three tablespoons only have 70 calories and 1 gram of carbohydrates which is pretty nice if you are counting your macros on a keto diet!
How To Make A Good Egg Drop Soup With Just Eggs Tips
While making this easy egg drop soup, note that your egg replacers will not yield delicate ribbons of egg flower swirls.
If you pour the Just Egg liquid directly into the boiling mushroom veggie broth, it looks like miso soup. The Just Egg liquid will be cloudy in the boiling broth, it will not form egg strands and will not create that egg drop soup yellow colour.
Instead, it is crucial to cooking the Just Egg breakfast scramble first on a nonstick skillet on medium heat.
Alternatively, you can pour the egg alternative liquid into a bowl and microwave it for 30 seconds. Do not have it to water. It will only turn into microwaved yellow water.
How To Cook The Best Vegan Egg Drop Soup Recipe
The Egg flower soup recipe with corn starch is one of the quickest recipes you can make to complete a meal.
Resuscitate shiitake mushrooms quickly by following the instructions HERE.
Use reserved soaked mushroom water and vegetable broth to make the cornstarch slurry. I like to use soaked mushroom water for extra umami. Dissolving the cornstarch ahead is helpful so that it doesn't clump up in the boiling soup.
Add vegetable broth or vegan chicken broth and cold water to a medium pot.
Add sliced shitake mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, green onions and the remaining seasoning ingredients (minced ginger, soy sauce, and ground white pepper) to the pot and bring to a boil at medium-high.
While the soup base is cooking, prepare vegan egg flowers by cooking a breakfast scramble with egg replacers like Just Egg.
Just Egg breakfast scramble, add five tablespoons of Just Egg to a nonstick skillet on medium heat. Scramble like an egg. Use a spatula to occasionally scrape and pull the mixture across the pan to desired half-cooked consistency until it resembles thin steams of beaten eggs dropped in hot soup. Remove from heat. Reserve for later.
Once the mushroom veggie broth comes to a boil, stir in cornstarch slurry.
Stir in vegan egg substitute.
Serve and enjoy.
To complete this vegan egg drop soup recipe, garnish with finely chopped green onions and cilantro!
What To Serve With Vegan Chinese Egg Soup
Easy 10 Minute Sweet and Sour Seitan 齋鹵味 酸甜齋
Vegan Sichuan String Beans 干煸四季豆
Air Fryer Salt and Pepper Tofu 氣炸鍋椒鹽豆腐
Just Egg Fried Rice with Mushrooms (素食生炒牛肉)
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PrintEasy Homemade Vegan Egg Drop Soup with Just Egg 蛋花湯
Homemade Vegan Egg Drop Soup 蛋花湯 is a simple Cantonese recipe standard at Chinese restaurants. This vegan, vegetarian egg flower soup is an easy, versatile and nutritious alternative to make in just 15 minutes.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 persons 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp Vegan Egg Replacer (I used Just Egg)
- 4 Shitake Mushrooms, resuscitate and sliced
- 2 bunch of Enoki Mushrooms, stems removed
- ½ tbsp grated fresh Ginger
- ½ tsp Grounded White Pepper
- 3 stalks of Green Onion, finely chopped
- ½ tsp Corn starch
- 1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce or Tamari Sauce (Gluten-Free)
- 4 C Vegetable Broth or Vegan Chicken Broth
- 1 C Water
Instructions
- Resuscitate shiitake mushrooms quickly by following the instructions HERE.
- Use reserved soaked mushroom water and vegetable broth to make the cornstarch slurry. I like to use soaked mushroom water for extra umami. Dissolving the cornstarch ahead is helpful so that it doesn't clump up in the boiling soup.
- Add vegetable broth or vegan chicken broth and cold water to a medium pot.
- Add sliced shitake mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, green onions and the remaining seasoning ingredients (minced ginger, soy sauce, and ground white pepper) to the pot and bring to a boil at medium-high.
- While the soup base is cooking, prepare vegan egg flowers by cooking a breakfast scramble with egg replacers like Just Egg.
- Just Egg breakfast scramble, add five tablespoons of Just Egg to a nonstick skillet on medium heat. Scramble like an egg. Use a spatula to occasionally scrape and pull the mixture across the pan to desired half-cooked consistency until it resembles thin steams of beaten eggs dropped in hot soup. Remove from heat. Reserve for later.
- Once the mushroom veggie broth comes to a boil, stir in cornstarch slurry.
- Stir in vegan egg substitute.
- Serve and enjoy.
- To complete this vegan egg drop soup recipe, garnish with finely chopped green onions and cilantro!
Notes
- If you pour the Just Egg liquid directly into the boiling mushroom veggie broth, it looks like miso soup. The Just Egg liquid will be cloudy in the boiling broth, it will not form egg strands and will not create that egg drop soup yellow colour.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pot
- Calories: 125
- Sugar: 4.2 g
- Sodium: 754.5 mg
- Fat: 6.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 7.5 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 10.5 g
- Cholesterol: 232.5 mg
Keywords: egg replacer, egg drop soup, egg flower soup, chinese recipes, soup, 蛋花湯, vegan, vegetarian, plant base, keto, low calorie
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Jo Keohane says
Have never made this at home but will definitely be giving this a try now. Thanks for the simple recipe, looks delicious.
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Rebecca - Glutarama says
Such a pretty name for a recipe. Was fascinated to find out the background of this soup. Super pleased you've managed to make it egg free so I can now enjoy it too.
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Choclette says
Gosh I still haven't made your egg drop soup. Glad to have got a reminder. It's definitely on my list.
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Sisley White says
This looks so tasty!
I can't wait to try it
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Terri says
I never imagined that this would be as easy to make as it is - delicious!
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Sean says
I honestly had no idea egg replacers could look that convincing! Haha. Awesome recipe - I love how simple the ingredients are, and how quickly everything comes together. Love all the umami from the mushrooms (especially in a meat-free dish like this).
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Nancy says
plant based meat alternatives are so impressive now compared to the early periods. They don't look or tastes like cardboard anymore!
Chloe says
I've only ever had egg drop soup when eating in Chinese restaurants in the US - its not a common dish here in the UK - chicken and sweetcorn is our standard got-to. I'd kind of forgot about it and never thought to try making it at home but I will now!
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Helen says
This looks amazing! It's great to be able to have all the old favourites but VEGAN! Yay!
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Asha says
Loved the two types of mushrooms and the touch of white pepper in this soup. Very flavourful and warming.
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Colleen says
My sister is visiting and she's vegan so I surprised her with this delicious soup. She loved it and so did I. Just Egg is a fantastic product. Thanks for sharing.
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Nancy says
It is a total game changer! So many things it can make
Sara says
This homemade vegan egg drop soup is better than what I would get at a restaurant! It is warm, comforting, and delicious. Better yet, I love being able to make this from home!
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Nancy says
Yes I agree Sara! It is so easy to make at home! Plus you can customize the ingredients to your preference! 🙂
Janice says
This looks like a delicious and warming soup.
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Katie says
Such a yummy soup! I've been looking for a vegan version forever so i'm so happy I've found this!
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Tavo says
The soup was very nice. I didn't know the just egg replacer could also work on soups! yey!
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Savannah says
Wow! You made this look so easy. I can't wait to try this plant-based version of "egg" drop soup! Yummm!
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Agnieszka says
This soup is amazing! Can't believe how much it tastes like real egg drop soup made with egg.
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Oscar says
This soup was so delicious, I can't believe it's vegan.
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Jerika says
This Homemade Vegan Egg Drop Soup is simple and easy to prepare and I love it.:) Thanks!
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Geetanjali Tung says
Tried this vegan egg drop soup 1st time and I just loved it.
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Samantha Ferraro says
Love the simplicity and flavors of this soup..thank you!
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Jeannie says
Ive been making this because of our weather and can have it every night, paired with some bok choy too. This egg drop soup is easy to cook.
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Genevieve says
This is such a lovely and healthy soup recipe that's perfect for chilly days!
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Katie says
Love this vegan egg drop soup! Easy to make and full of flavor, will definitely be coming back to this recipe!
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Kayla DiMaggio says
This vegan egg drop soup was so delicious! I loved how warming and cozy it was!
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Natalie says
My kids loved these egg drops. I usually make it in a different way, but yours is simpler and delicious, thanks!
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Natalie says
I love all kind of soutp, and keep trying new recipes. This one is amazing, thanks!
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Alexandra says
So delicious - I enjoyed this for lunch today! Yum! Great flavours.
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Tyanne says
I love that this recipe is vegan but still egg drop soup!
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Andrea White says
loveee Just Egg! This soup turned out so delicious!
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Bernice says
I've heard this Just Egg is pretty amazing. This is a classic soup that my mom used to make for us and your vegan version looks just like hers did!
Choclette says
I've never tried an egg drop soup before, but you've made it look really appealing. I think I'm going to try this first with a real egg.
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Jean says
so filling! glad I can do this with just egg thanks for your recipe. Love the mushrooms too!
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Jacqui says
Such a fantastic recipe - and so happy it’s vegan friendly once again! You post such awesome recipes all the time and my hubby really loves egg drop soup, so this is just perfect!
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Andrea White says
my kind of soup! love how easy it was to make and how tasty it turned out!