Quick Spinach Egg Drop Soup. A comforting, healthy Vegetarian bowl of soup you can have ready in minutes!
Asian food is my comfort food. I grew up in a pretty urban part of a major city that had a bustling Chinatown and luckily spent many a meal exploring different cuisines and dishes there. Ask anyone who knows me, if you give me the choice to pick a restaurant out, it’s most likely going to be Chinese, Thai, Vietnamese, Mongolian, Korean or Japanese.
And I’ll almost always start the meal with a steaming bowl of soup.
While I’ve shared many, many Asian food recipes on here with you, I realized a couple of weeks ago, chin deep into my 17304398’th bowl of this Spinach Egg Drop soup that I’ve never shared this super easy, 5 minute soup recipe with you. This is healthy comfort food at its finest.
It’s vegetarian, low carb, paleo, Whole30 compliant and perfectly delicious. I regularly make this for lunch and sometimes a quick dinner. If you can get them, Kelp Noodles make a great addition!
NOTES:
- You can use Reduced Sodium Tamari if you are not sensitive to soy or doing a Whole30.
- If you like spicy food, top with a squirt of Sriracha or sliced jalapeño!
- This is best when served immediately.
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Quick Spinach Egg Drop Soup. A comforting, healthy gegetarian bowl of soup you can have ready in minutes!
- 4 cups broth
- 4 Tablespoons Coconut Aminos see NOTES
- 1/2 teaspoon high quality fish sauce I use Red Boat Fish Sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon white pepper
- 1 pinch salt or more depending on salinity of broth
- 2 cups organic baby spinach leaves packed (about 2 ounces)
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 2 medium scallions thinly sliced
- 1 Tablespoon toasted sesame oil
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Combine broth, coconut aminos, fish sauce, white pepper, salt and spinach leaves in small pot.
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Set over medium heat and stir occasionally, until spinach is wilted and broth is just beginning to bubble.
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Use chop sticks or a wooden spoon to continuously stir the broth while you slowly drizzle in the beaten egg.
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Immediately remove from heat, add sliced scallions and sesame oil.
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Hey there! I’m new to your blog and newly diagnosed as having Celiac. I’m still trying to figure out where gluten is hidden and I was wondering why this particular recipe is not labeled gluten free. Does fish sauce have gluten in it?
I’m looking forward to making a lot of your delicious recipes and can’t thank you enough for labeling each recipe as gluten free, paleo, Whole 30, etc.!
Hi Alisa!
It is gluten free as long as you use GF Tamari or Coconut Aminos (and also check the broth you are using). For a good quality GF fish sauce, stick with Red Boat. Many others can have gluten added. Sometimes the gluten free tag isn’t there because we use the Grain Free tag but as a general rule — every single recipe that I have posted on here since 2014 is modified to be gluten free. You still need to check all of the brands you buy for packaged food though!
This is quick, easy, and delicious! Having never made egg drop soup before, and having never used coconut aminos, AND doing the Whole 30 Challenge, this soup is absolutely spot on!
Thanks again for a great dish and easy to follow directions.
Love!!! Thanks for taking the time to post feedback Greg!
I made this today for lunch. I had malabar spinach on hand and used that. My broth was a James Beard Court Bouillon that I had made a couple of weeks ago. Delicious, and will definitely make again.
Sounds like a perfect lunch Renee!!
What type of broth do you like best?
What is Coconut Aminos and where do I get it?
Hi Marilyn! Coconut Aminos are a soy free alternative to soy sauce or Tamari. I usually buy it at my local food coop or Whole Foods. You can also order online or if you don’t have any issues with soy, use a high-quality soy sauce or gluten free Tamari!
Costco carries a organic miso broth now. I’ve been looking for things to do with it, do you think it would do well in this soup?
Definitely Teresa – that would be good!