Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Have the completed chicken meat stock ready and beat 8 large eggs in a glass bowl or pouring jug. Warm 1 tablespoon coconut oil in a medium-to-large stainless-steel or enameled cast-iron pot over medium heat. Add the diced medium onion and cook until soft and translucent, stirring and lowering the heat if edges darken before the centers soften.
- Add 2 quarts chicken meat stock, 1 teaspoon coconut aminos, 1 teaspoon of the salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and the optional 1/8 teaspoon fish sauce and ginger. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. If the onion is not soft yet, let it finish before adding eggs. Optional introduced thinly sliced bok choy also cooks tender before the egg addition.
- Stir the simmering stock briskly in a circle while pouring in the beaten eggs in a thin drizzle. Keep the liquid moving during the pour so the egg separates into soft ribbons rather than collecting as one large curd.
- Cook until the egg ribbons are opaque and cooked through, without clear uncooked streaks of white. Avoid a prolonged hard boil. Taste, then add only the remaining salt needed within the 1–2-teaspoon range.
- Divide into 6 servings and top with the optional 2 tablespoons sliced green onions across the bowls. The soup stays brothy, with no thickening slurry. The 5-minute prep and 15-minute cooking estimate assumes prepared stock; soft onion and cooked egg control the finish.
Notes
Start with completed, strained homemade chicken meat stock. The 5-minute prep and 15-minute cooking estimate excludes stock-making; soft onion and cooked, opaque egg ribbons control the finish. Makes 6 servings, approximately 9 cups as a guide rather than an exact finished-volume guarantee.
Use the coconut-oil cooking choice and soy-free coconut aminos. Check for coconut sap, salt and water if listed, without added cane sugar, syrup, starch or preservatives. Tamari and soy sauce are not the seasoning choice in this GAPS version.
Start with 1 teaspoon natural salt, then taste before adding more within the 1–2-teaspoon range. Stock seasoning matters. Optional fish sauce is 1/8 teaspoon naturally fermented fish-and-salt sauce without added sugar, soy or additives. It may be omitted.
Optional ginger: 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger or a couple of thin fresh slices. Optional topping: 2 tablespoons sliced green onions across the servings. Introduced thinly sliced bok choy can be cooked tender in the stock before adding eggs. This seasoned version is Full GAPS, not a first-egg Intro or No-Plant recipe. Contains eggs; optional fish sauce adds fish.
Refrigerate in shallow containers within 2 hours, at 40°F or below, for 3–4 days, retaining any earlier date from already refrigerated stock. Reheat portions on the stove to 165°F. Freeze plain stock separately when you want a freshly cooked egg finish.