Egg Roll Soup

Egg Roll Soup, an easy homemade soup with only 7 ingredients including ground pork, cabbage, and carrots. This deconstructed egg roll in broth is a simple healthy Chinese inspired lunch or dinner and ready in less than 30 minutes.

This 30 minute Egg Roll Soup, is the perfect year-round quick and easy meal! It’s like a healthy deconstructed egg roll in a bowl with broth. Add your favorite soup toppings like green onions or scallions, crackers, or wonton strips and you have a delicious meal.

Making soup from scratch can be a little time-consuming sometimes. You’ll love how simple this Chinese inspired soup is to make in no time and with not that many ingredients.

This recipe is quite forgiving, and you can easily adapt the ingredients to your personal preference. Add more vegetables or add more herbs and spices. It’s really up to you.

(Full printable recipe card is at bottom of post.)

Egg Roll Soup Ingredients

• Ground pork – Although I highly recommend ground pork, you could use ground chicken, turkey, sausage, or even a vegetarian substitute.
• Onion – Just a small yellow (or white) onion is good.
• Chicken Broth – Or use vegetable broth if you prefer.
• Soy sauce – I typically use low sodium, but you can use whatever you have.
• Ginger paste – I like to buy the tubes of ginger paste in the produce section of my grocery store and keep them in the fridge or freezer at all times. You could however use freshly grated ginger.
• Garlic powder – Or use a little fresh minced garlic if you’d like.
• Coleslaw mix – The fresh shredded cabbage and carrots from the produce section of your grocery store.
• Salt/Pepper to taste – Depending on how salty your broth and soy sauce are you may not need any or may want a little.
• Cornstarch (optional) – If you like to thicken the broth in your soups you may want to make a slurry with cornstarch and water or broth.
• Toppings (optional): sliced green onions or scallions, crackers, and/or wonton strips.

How to Make Egg Roll Soup

1. COOK PORK. In a large pot over medium-high heat cook ground pork and onion until pork is nearly cooked through and onions are starting to soften, about 5 minutes. Drain off excess fat if desired.
2. ADD BROTH. Add chicken broth, soy sauce, and ginger paste to pot with pork and onion over medium-high heat and stir to combine. Cook about 5 minutes or until pork and onions are soft.
3. ADD VEGGIES. Add coleslaw mix to pot, stir to combine, and cook another 10 minutes or so until cabbage and carrots are soft.
4. THICKEN. (optional) If desired, mix a little cornstarch with water and stir into soup. Bring to a boil until thickened.
5. TOPPINGS. Serve immediately and top soup with your favorite toppings such as green onions or scallions, crackers, or wonton strips.

Serving Suggestions

• Serve the soup warm right away. Although, it’s also great leftover and reheated.
• Add your favorite topping such as sliced green onion or scallions, crackers (like these Almond Flour Crackers or even oyster crackers), or wonton strips. Bread or rolls (like these Homemade Dinner Rolls) are also good options.
• This soup is a great starter, main dish, or even side. It’s hearty but served in a small bowl would be great for a starter or side.

Quick Tips for Best Results

• You can adjust the flavoring to your liking by increasing or decreasing the ginger, garlic, and/or soy sauce.
• I personally added some salt and pepper as well but personal preference. Some broths and soy sauces are saltier than others so you may need to adjust.
• If you like your soup a little on the thicker side, you can add a slurry made of a little cornstarch mixed with water or broth to the soup and bring to a boil to thicken.
• If you have leftover soup it can tend to “soak” in some of the broth. If you don’t want such a hearty soup and like more broth, just be sure to have a little extra chicken or vegetable broth on hand.
• I have not made this in an Instant Pot or pressure cooker but bet it would be easy to do! A slow cooker or crockpot would also be a good option I bet. Just be sure to precook the pork for any of these options.

Egg Roll Soup FAQ

How should I store the Egg Roll Soup?
Store any leftover soup covered in the refrigerator.

Can I freeze Egg Roll Soup?
Yes! It should freeze quite well. The vegetables might get a little softer over time but will still be delicious.

How long will the soup last?
The soup should last at least a few days in the fridge or longer in the freezer.

Substitutions?
Instead of pork, you could use your favorite group meat such as chicken or turkey, or even sausage. Fish or seafood such as shrimp would also be tasty instead of pork.

Can I use low-fat ingredients?
You can use low-fat meat. The other ingredients should already be low-fat.

What else can I add to this recipe?
You can top the soup with your favorite soup toppings such as chopped green onions or scallions, crackers, or fried won tons. You can also add other vegetables to the soup such as mushrooms, or a little drizzle of sesame oil would be delicious. Noodles would also be a great addition.

Can I make this vegan/vegetarian/low carb/gluten-free?
Here are some suggestions, but I can’t guarantee results. Be sure as always to check particular brands and ingredients if you’re following a specific diet or have diet restrictions or allergies.

Vegan – You can use vegetable broth instead of chicken broth. Also, use a substitute for the pork such as a vegan meat substitute or chopped mushrooms.

Vegetarian – Omit the pork and use a vegetarian meat substitute or chopped mushrooms. Instead of the chicken broth, use vegetable broth.

Low-Carb – This soup is low carb but I’d suggest not using the cornstarch to thicken. And be sure to use low carb toppings and skipping the crackers.

Gluten-Free – Be sure your soy sauce is gluten-free or use a gluten-free version.

Other Soup Recipes You May Enjoy

• Easy Homemade Chicken Tortilla Soup (Snappy Gourmet) – Add all your favorite taco toppings to this easy homemade soup for a delicious meal.
• Low Carb Greek Lemon Chicken Soup (Snappy Gourmet) – This soup uses cauliflower “rice” instead of regular rice for a lower-carb version of the Greek Avgolemono soup.
• Easy Slow Cooker French Onion Soup (Snappy Gourmet) – Simple crockpot version of the classic.
• Instant Pot Zucchini Soup (Indian Veggie Delight) – Only a handful of ingredients in this zucchini soup.

Hope you enjoy this tasty homemade Egg Roll Soup. Tell me in the comments what you topped it with.

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