39 Best Egg Drop Soup Sides

What to Serve with Egg Drop Soup: these are the 27 Best Side Dishes for Chinese Egg Drop Soup, whether it's the classic version, with corn, or tomato, for a quick and easy weeknight dinner.

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Egg Drop Soup- whether it's the classic Chinese soup or the version with corn- is one of the most popular Chinese soups but it's not super filling and will need a good range of side dishes to make a complete meal.

If you are looking for ideas as to what to serve with egg drop soup, check out the list of Asian side dishes for soup below!

This is my go-to when I need a quick and easy recipe: for more 15 minute Asian recipes, click here.

If spicy food is not your thing, click here for more Asian noodle recipe ideas.

This combines 2 of my favorite foods- spicy foods and noodles! For more Asian spicy noodle dishes, click here.

For more ideas on how to use up roast chicken, such as leftover chicken congee, click here.

Despite its name, this is not a real Singaporean recipe! For authentic Singaporean recipes, click here.

If you want to expand your side dishes past Chinese cuisine, try these tangy noodles that- despite the name- are not from Thailand but Singapore & Malaysia!

P.S. There's also a stir-fried mee siam version.

If you prefer other flavours of congee, I have more Chinese congee recipes such as Chinese abalone congee recipe here.

This is a quick and easy recipe as it's all done in the rice cooker- for more rice cooker recipes, click here. And here for leftover rice ideas!

Tip: You can serve your congee with these porridge toppings or side dishes.

Pumpkin lovers may also be interested in these Chinese pumpkin dishes.

The secret to making great Chinese fried rice is using leftover rice- here are some great fried rice recipes using leftover rice!

Whilst some people suggest serving white rice with dumplings, Chinese people don't usually do so (unless there are other side dishes besides the rice such as stir-fried vegetables.)

If you're pan-frying the jiaozi, you may want something with less oil for a side dish, such as a refreshing cucumber or tomato salad.

Pickled cucumbers or pickled lettuce would help to digest the oily fried dumplings.

How to make

You can buy them in Asian supermarkets or make your own by mixing:

• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 Cup of white sugar
• 1 Cup of rice vinegar
• then pouring it over the julienned carrots and cucumbers.
• You'll need 3-4 carrots AND cucumber in total. Optional: throw in a few slices of ginger for flavour!)

Vegetable Stir-fry

I recommend a sauteed oyster-sauce green vegetable, such as Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli) or Bak Choy, instead of pasta salad or green bean salad.

Personally, I wouldn't serve steamed greens with soup as the meal will be quite bland. However, if you have lighter tastebuds, you may like it!

You can also serve dumplings with a Cantonese favourite: sliced soy sauce chicken, char stew and siew yoke (roasted pork belly.)

If you want an easy no-fuss recipe for soy sauce chicken, click here.

Nyonya food, or Peranakan food, is a fusion cuisine mixing both Chinese and Malay influences.

This Baked Honey Garlic salmon is one of our favorite salmon recipes!

Or another of these popular Taiwanese bubble tea flavors!

Chinese people love to drink tea to wash down the oil of the meal. In particular, sour plum tea is drunk to help improve digestion! (I even have a jelly version of this traditional Chinese drink!)

This popular summer drink is common in all the East Asian countries: China, Japan, Korea etc- it's associated with summer as barley is believed to be cooling for one's body.

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