Soup is an essential dish in family meals. Especially the egg tomato soup – simple and easy to eat, everyone immediately loves it at the first try. Let’s cook with Tastetutorial.com to showcase your cooking skills right away with 2 dishes: minced meat tomato soup and tofu soup!
1. Minced meat tomato soup
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Minced meat tomato soup For 3 people
Minced pork 150 gr Duck eggs 2 eggs (or chicken eggs) Tomatoes 2 fruits Shallots 1 bulb Green onions 2 stalks Cilantro 2 sprigs Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (salt/seasoning powder/pepper/msg)
How to choose good pork
You can choose to buy pre-minced pork or buy whole pieces of pork to mince or grind at home using a meat grinder.
- Choose meat with a dry membrane, bright red color, slightly firm surface, and tender texture.
- It is best to buy pieces that have both lean and fat, with the best being the pork belly.
- The meat should not have an unusual smell, and it should feel elastic to the touch.
How to make Tomato Egg Soup with Minced Meat
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Prepare the ingredients
Peel the shallots and slice them thinly. Wash the green onions and cilantro, then chop them finely.
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into wedges.
Crack 2 duck eggs into a bowl and beat them with chopsticks.
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Sauté the minced meat
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, then add the sliced shallots into the pot and stir-fry over medium heat.
After the shallots become fragrant, add the minced meat to the pan, and sauté gently until the meat is slightly firm. Season the pot with 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, then continue to stir-fry until the meat is fully cooked.
Tip: You should sauté the minced meat before cooking to prevent it from becoming mushy.
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Cook the soup
Add half of the tomatoes into the pot with the meat from earlier. Stir-fry the tomatoes with the meat for about 5 minutes to create color for the soup. Next, pour about 1 liter of water into the pot, cover it, and bring it to a boil over medium heat.
When the water starts to boil, remove the lid, skim off the foam to make the broth clearer.
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Add the eggs
While pouring the beaten eggs into the soup pot, stir continuously to create egg swirls.
Next, add the remaining tomatoes into the pot, reduce the heat to low. Season the soup with 1/3 teaspoon of MSG, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 teaspoons of seasoning powder, stir well, then increase the heat to medium to bring the soup to a boil again.
Finally, add about 1 teaspoon of pepper, chopped onion, and coriander into the pot, stir well, and turn off the heat.
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Final product
The tomato egg soup with egg swirls like “floating clouds” looks incredibly attractive. The broth is slightly sour, seasoned just right. This is definitely a soup that anyone can make right at home, so hurry up and make this soup to make your family meal more flavorful!
2. Tomato egg tofu soup
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Preparation time
30 minutes
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Difficulty level
Easy
Ingredients for Tomato egg tofu soup Serves 4
Tomatoes 3 pieces Tofu 2 pieces Chicken eggs 1 piece Green onions 20 gr Cilantro 10 gr Shallots 10 gr Fish sauce 1/2 teaspoon Cooking oil A little Common seasoning A little (soup powder/seasoning granules/msg)
How to choose good tofu
- Color: Good tofu will always have an ivory white color. In contrast, tofu with gypsum is usually more yellow; the more yellow it is, the more gypsum it contains. Therefore, you should avoid buying tofu pieces that are yellow or have a yellowish tint.
- Touch: If you touch the tofu and it feels soft and light in your hand, you should buy it. Pieces that are heavy, firm, slightly hard, and square should not be purchased.
- Smell: Pure tofu will have a fragrant smell, while tofu with gypsum will smell of lime or have no smell at all.
- Taste: Good tofu will have the characteristic fatty taste of soybeans, while tofu containing a lot of gypsum will taste astringent.
How to make Tomato Egg Tofu Soup
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Prepare the ingredients
Soak the purchased tofu in water, then rinse thoroughly. Cut into bite-sized square pieces.
Tip: Since tofu is quite soft, be careful while preparing it to avoid breaking it!
Wash the tomatoes and cut them into slices about 1/3 of a finger thick.
Chop the green onions finely. Peel the shallots and slice them.
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Sauté tomatoes
Place a pan on the stove, add a little cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add the shallots and sauté until fragrant.
When the shallots are aromatic, add the tomatoes and stir well. Stir until the tomatoes are just cooked, season the pan with 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, stir evenly to let the tomatoes absorb the seasoning, then lower the heat to allow the tomatoes to color beautifully.
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Cook tomato tofu soup
After the tomatoes have reached the desired color, add 300ml of filtered water and turn the heat up high to bring the water to a boil quickly.
Once the water is boiling, season the pan with 1/2 tablespoon of seasoning powder and 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, stir well. Add the cut tofu to let it absorb the seasoning. Continue to cook until the water comes to a rolling boil again.
Next, beat 1 egg with 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder until well mixed, then slowly pour it into the pan. Pour while stirring evenly so that the egg can form strands.
Finally, add 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce to the pot and adjust the seasoning to taste. Then turn off the heat, add chopped green onions, stir well, and scoop into a bowl.
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Final Product
So you’ve completed the incredibly simple Tomato Tofu Soup. If you’re hesitant about expensive soups, give this one a try. This super easy-to-cook soup may be simple, but its flavor is not to be underestimated.
The Tomato Egg Tofu Soup is very simple to cook, isn’t it? You can also check out another way to make this soup shared by user Tuyet Nhung. Hope it brings new flavors to your family meals!
See details: How to cook Tomato Egg Tofu Soup (recipe shared by users)
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- You should choose tomatoes with a smooth, shiny skin, plump and juicy with a bright red color, and the stem still green.
- Avoid selecting fruits that are bruised or have small black spots, or those with uneven colors of both green and red.
- If you touch them and they feel too soft or too hard, or if juice comes out, you should not buy them as they may be spoiled.
How to choose fresh chicken eggs
- For industrial chicken eggs, the outside of the egg usually has a dark brown shell, uniform in color, without cracks or black spots. While eggs that have been stored for a long time will have a pale shell and more black spots.
- You can use your hand to feel the surface of the eggshell; if the surface is rough and slightly coarse, it is a fresh chicken egg, while a smooth surface indicates the egg has been stored for quite a while.
- You can hold the egg and gently shake it close to your ear to listen. If you hear noise, the egg has been stored for a while; the louder the noise (the contents moving inside), the more likely the egg is spoiled or is an egg being incubated by a hen. Conversely, if there is no sound, it is a fresh chicken egg.
How to store chicken eggs for a long time
- Wrap the chicken eggs in newspaper and place them in the refrigerator’s cool compartment. Or put them in a plastic bag and place them in the freezer.
- Alternatively, you can store eggs together with dry (clean) tea leaves to help them last for 2 – 3 months.
- It is advisable to store the eggs upright, with the larger end on top, to keep them fresh longer.
- Avoid storing eggs with foods that have strong odors like onions or ginger, as they can cause the eggs to spoil quickly.
See more: How to choose and store chicken eggs
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You don’t have to spend too much time, you can cook 2 dishes of tomato soup with minced egg and tofu in no time to treat your family. Wish you success!
*Source of images and recipes from YouTube channels: Wife’s Kitchen
