Egg-drop soup
かき玉汁 · kakitama-jiru · chicken stock, starch, egg, sesame oil

Source: Yoshi's sensei, Ohtani Yoshi — handwritten note, 6 Nov 2026.

Chicken stock ml

600 mlchicken stock
2eggs
1 tbssalt (as written — see note)
1 tbssesame oil
50 gpotato starch + water (slurry)
fewchives

Method

  1. Bring the stock to a simmer, season with salt.
  2. Starch at the end: stir in the slurry, let it return to a simmer and thicken.
  3. Then the egg: beaten, poured in a thin stream over the moving soup so it sets in ribbons. Don't stir hard.
  4. Then the sesame oil, off the heat. Chives on top.

Order matters: starch → egg → sesame oil. The thickened stock holds the egg in suspension instead of letting it sink and clump; the oil goes in last so it isn't cooked off.

Salt: the note says 1 tbs for 600 ml, which is ~15 g, i.e. 2.5 % — heavy for a soup unless the stock is unseasoned. Check whether it was tsp; 1 tsp (~5–6 g, ~1 %) is the usual level.


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