Enoki and Fluffy Egg Chinese Soup with Sesame Garlic Dressing

Ingredients (Serves 2)

  • 2 lettuce leaves, torn (58g)
  • 1/2 pack enoki mushrooms, trimmed and halved (43g)
  • 80g imitation crab sticks, halved and shredded
  • 1 egg (M size, 51g)
  • Salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 teaspoons potato starch (or cornstarch)
  • 400ml water + 1 teaspoon water (for slurry)
  • 3 tablespoons Kewpie Sesame Oil & Garlic Dressing, divided

Instructions

  1. Soak lettuce in cold water, drain, and tear into pieces. Trim the enoki mushrooms and cut in half. Shred the crab sticks.
  2. In a bowl, beat the egg and season with salt and pepper.
  3. In a saucepan, bring 400ml of water to a boil. Add lettuce, mushrooms, and crab sticks. Simmer gently while skimming foam.
  4. Add 2 tablespoons of the sesame garlic dressing. Dissolve the starch in 1 teaspoon of water and add to thicken the soup.
  5. Slowly pour in the beaten egg while stirring gently. Turn off the heat and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon of dressing. Serve hot.