soup with beaten egg & scallops
- Serves: 4
- Calories: 82 kcal
- Total Time: 20 m
- Prep: 10 m
- Cook: 10 m
- Japanese: Hotate no kaki-tama-jiru

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ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 8 raw scallops
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 1/3 cups bonito soup stock
- 2 teaspoons potato starch (katakuriko)
- 2 teaspoons water (for dissolving potato starch)

step 1:
Cut the scallops in half. Beat the egg.

step 2:
Prepare the bonito soup stock in a pot. Bring to a boil and add the scallops.

step 3:
Simmer for about 2 minutes on medium-low heat. Add the soy sauce and salt.

step 4:
Dissolve the potato starch in the 2 teaspoons of water. Add the dissolved potato starch to the pot. Stir a few times.

step 5:
Add the beaten egg. Mix a couple of times. Remove from the heat.

comment:
The umami of the scallops added to the bonito soup stock makes this soup very delicious. In addition, the egg adds a mild taste.

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