I was trying to decide what to have for dinner last night and decided to make this Carnivore egg drop soup. I hadn’t made it for ages and was I kinda craving it…
This dish is carnivore friendly and basically a clear soup or broth with meatballs cooked in (and creating) the broth. Egg is then drizzled into the simmering broth just before serving. The egg cooks in strings, forming something almost like noodles, and creating interesting texture and flavour.
The inspiration for this recipe originated from Bella, The Steak and Butter Gal. I saw a video of her making her version of this ages ago. She talked about how egg drop soup is a something her Mum makes, and how she’d created her own version, dropping the traditional plants used in her Mum’s version to make it carnivore friendly. Bella’s version was made with just meat, egg, salt and water.
I’ve made Bella’s plain version a couple of times, but then I opted for adding just a few little additions to change up the flavour. Don’t get me wrong though! This simple dish is really good made with just meat, salt, egg, and water as well!
The great thing is that this dish is really versatile. I’ve used ground beef in the video, but you could just as easily use ground pork, chicken, or lamb. You can also switch up the herbs and spices to change the flavour to suit, or just for a change. An example might be to add onion powder instead of garlic. Or use mixed herbs, rosemary or thyme to flavour beef or lamb, or sage to flavour pork.
You can also add some spring onion or other veg if that suits your chosen diet to the broth, or add herbs such as lemongrass, basil, ginger or garlic to flavour the broth and leave the meatballs plain.
So enough chatting, let’s get to it!
Carnivore Egg Drop Soup
Equipment
- 1 Large pot
- 1 Whisk
- 1 Large bowl
- 1 Pyrex jug
Ingredients
- 1 kg ground beef
- 1 liter water
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Add the water to a large pot and bring it to the boil
- Add salt and spices to the ground meat and combine well
- Form the meat into small balls and drop into the boiling water
- Cover and cook the meatballs for 20 minutes or until cooked
- Whisk the eggs
- Drizzle the eggs slowly into the water and meat ball mixture, ensuring that the water is still on a rolling boil so that it cooks and separates the eggs into strings
- Serve in bowls and top with sauerkraut (optional)
Video
Notes
I hope you enjoy this really simple quick and delicious ground beef recipe! Feel free to drop a comment below and let me know let me know what you think!
