Super Easy Chinese Soup Recipe: (Cilantro With Poached Egg Soup) Healthy Chinese Cooking

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: vegetable broth

Tofu is plant-based and reduces calories.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: homemade vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasonings

Homemade broth can be lower in sodium.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point.

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Vinegar can mimic acidity in a pinch.

Boil water in a pot.

Add pork bones and chicken bones to the boiling water.

Add a couple pieces of ginger to the pot.

Cover the lid and boil the soup stock for about an hour on low to medium heat.

After an hour, add about a teaspoon to a tablespoon of salt to the soup stock.

Add a teaspoon of chicken base or chicken flavor for added flavor.

Wash about six cups of cilantro in cold water.

Use about 2 cups of cilantro per serving, as cilantro shrinks quite a bit.

Remove the bones from the soup stock after it has cooked.

Serve one egg per serving; here, we're making three servings.

Boil the eggs for about two minutes.

After two minutes, add the cilantro to the soup and let it cook for another minute.

Shut off the heat; the eggs will continue to cook after the heat is off.

Add about a teaspoon of sesame oil for fragrance and flavor.

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