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Chinese Soups : Top 20

 

Photo of: Winter Melon Meatball Soup

Winter Melon Meatball Soup

Submitted by: qlam 
Living In: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
This Chinese soup of pork meat balls and winter melon is very warming. I love to make this during the winter months when it's chilly outside. 

Pork and Century Egg Rice Congee

Submitted by: Little Lea 
Living In: Viera, Florida, USA
Rice is simmered for hours to create this thick Chinese breakfast porridge. 

Chinese Corn Soup

Submitted by: S, Yuki 
This Chinese restaurant-style corn soup with egg threads is enriched and thickened with butter and a little flour, and flavored with a hint of nutmeg. 

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Wonton Soup

Submitted by: MARBALET 
Wontons stuffed with a mixture of pork and shrimp seasoned with soy sauce and ginger root are gently simmered in chicken broth. 

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Egg Drop Soup II

Submitted by: Patsy 
This is soup is a classic beginning to any Asian-style meal. A clear chicken broth is given some texture when lightly beaten eggs are stirred in. A sprinkling of scallions adds a sweet onion-y note. 

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Chinese Spicy Hot And Sour Soup

Submitted by: MARBALET 
Tiger lily buds, shitake and wood ear mushrooms add an exotic quality to this flavorful ground pork and bean curd soup made in a chicken broth with vinegar, white pepper and soy sauce. 

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Egg Drop Soup I

Submitted by: Denise Smith 
Lightly beaten eggs are gently stirred into a flavorful chicken broth that includes parsley and onion flakes. The resulting soup is light, creamy, and delicately seasoned. 

Easy Chinese Corn Soup

Submitted by: SUCCESSION 
This quick and easy soup is so good that I never bother ordering it from Chinese restaurants anymore! 

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Chinese Shrimp and Tofu Soup

Submitted by: erni 
Home Town: Malang, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
Living In: Reseda, California, USA
This is a typical Chinese soup involving ginger, shrimp, and tofu. It is easy to make and fast! Good for cold weather too! 

Asian Chicken Noodle Soup

Submitted by: Beverly 
Chinese noodles are topped with chicken broth flavored with shiitake mushrooms and green onions in this quick soup. 

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Long Soup

Submitted by: Corwynn Darkholme 
Thinly sliced pork, fresh ginger, green onions, and Chinese-style egg noodles transport you to the Orient as you dine on Long Soup. It is quick and easy to prepare, and makes a great first course for an Asian-inspired meal. 

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Chinese Lion's Head Soup

Submitted by: Lei Lei 
Home Town: Handan, Hebei Province, China
Living In: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
Cabbage is simmered with home made pork meatballs in a light chicken broth. This is my family's version of lion's head soup and for me it is the best type of comfort food! It is best served with white sticky rice, and wonderful enjoyed on a cold winter day. 

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Chinese Sizzling Rice Soup

Submitted by: MARBALET 
Fried uncooked rice adds a nutty crunch to this chicken and shrimp soup with bamboo shoots and water chestnuts. 

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Chi Tan T'ang (Egg Drop Soup)

Submitted by: Brian Gillette 
This is a simple soup in which beaten eggs are stirred into a chicken broth flavored with soy sauce and vinegar and chopped scallions. 

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Chinese Egg Soup

Submitted by: akhowell 
In this simple soup, a beaten egg is slowly poured into a pot of simmering chicken broth with peas. Serve with sliced green onions. 

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Hot and Sour Tofu Soup (Suan La Dofu Tang)

Submitted by: Cressida 
Forget the complicated Cantonese Hot and Sour Soup with a million ingredients! This is an authentic central Chinese version that will warm your heart and your palate without sending you on a hunt for ingredients. 

Chinese Creamy Corn Soup

Submitted by: William Anatooskin 
Sherry and soy sauce are combined with chicken breast and a can of cream-style corn in this corn starch thickened soup to serve garnished with crumbled bacon. 

Hot and Sour Soup with Bean Sprouts

Submitted by: MRSREDD 
This delicious Asian soup, full of mushrooms and bean sprouts will warm your soul and awaken your tastebuds! 

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Wonton Soup without Ginger

Submitted by: ying 
Home Town: Kowloon City, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong
Chicken stock seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil is ladled over homemade wontons filled with shrimp and pork in this ginger-free Chinese soup recipe. 

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One-Egg Egg Drop Soup

Submitted by: Fei Fei 
This is a Chinese restaurant-style egg drop soup, thickened with tapioca for a light, clear broth, with ribbons of egg. Chopped green onion and a little optional sesame oil and white pepper give it an extra finish. 

 
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