蛋花湯

Pronunciation
English Name

egg drop soup

Cantonese (Traditional)

蛋花湯

Simplified Chinese

蛋花汤

Mandarin (Pinyin)

dàn huā tāng


Yale Romanization

dáan fā tōng

Character Breakdown

is egg, is flower, and is soup, so 蛋花湯 is egg flower soup.

egg drop soup
About This Dish

Also known as egg flower soup (which matches the Chinese name), this is a popular Chinese and Chinese-American soup featuring beaten eggs mixed (dropped) into chicken broth.

Cooking tip

This is one of the easier dishes to make yourself - heat up some chicken stock, add a pinch of corn starch to thicken it and some pepper, drizzle in the egg, swirling it so tendrils of egg spread in a flowering effect (hence the Chinese name).

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Yale:
dáan fā tōng