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Egg tong sui is a classic tong sui (sweet soup) within Cantonese cuisine, essentially a sweet version of egg drop soup. It is considered a more traditional and home-style dish in China, since it is rarely if ever served at any restaurants.

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Egg tong sui

Type	Tong sui
Place of origin	China
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Water, chicken eggs, sugar
Cookbook: Egg tong sui

Egg tong sui
Traditional Chinese	雞蛋糖水
Simplified Chinese	鸡蛋糖水
Jyutping	gai1 daan6*2 tong4 seoi2
Hanyu Pinyin	jī dàn táng shuǐ
Literal meaning	egg sugar water
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin jī dàn táng shuǐ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gai1 daan6*2 tong4 seoi2

Preparation

The soup recipe is simple as it only requires the boiling of water, chicken eggs, and sugar. The eggs are usually cracked open with the yolk and egg whites poured right in without any pre-mixing. It is always served hot.

See also

• Tong sui
• List of Chinese soups
• List of soups

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