Tomato Egg Soup
A classic Zhejiang-style home soup made by simmering tomatoes with eggs. The broth is a vibrant blend of red and yellow, fragrant with egg and brightened by the sweet-tangy flavor of ripe tomatoes.
Ingredients
Tomatoes (blanched with boiling water, peeled, deseeded, stems removed, sliced)
250g
Eggs (cracked into a bowl and beaten until frothy)
4
Cooked lard (melted for frying the eggs)
75g
Clear broth
500ml
Salt (add an appropriate amount when beating the eggs, and add more after the soup comes to a boil)
As needed
Instructions
1
Fry the eggs
Crack 4 fresh eggs into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of salt, and beat with chopsticks until frothy. Heat 75g of lard in a pan, pour in the egg mixture and fry until both sides are puffed, then cut into several pieces with a spatula. Pour 500ml of clear broth into the pot, bring to a boil, and add salt to taste.
2
Add the tomatoes
Peel the 250g of tomatoes that have been blanched with boiling water, remove the seeds and stems, slice them, place them into the egg soup, briefly simmer, then serve.