Soup with Sweetcorn and Chicken

Soup with Sweetcorn and Chicken

Make this easy Chinese Soup with Sweetcorn and Chicken broth in under 20 minutes. This is a quick family favorite!

Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Cook Time: 15 Minutes

Total Time: 20 Minutes

Servings: 4

Course:  Appetizer, Starter

Cuisine: Chinese

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
• 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
• Good quality chicken stock, 1 litre (4 cups plus 3 tbsp).
• 150g/5.3oz, chopped into small chunks (approx. 1 cm cube).
• 200 g (7 oz) tin sweetcorn drained
• White pepper, 1/8 tsp
• Cornstarch (cornflour for the US) is equal to 2 tablespoons of cornflour and 6 tablespoons of water.
• 2 medium eggs whisked
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

To Serve:

• Chop 2 spring onions (scallions)

Instructions

• Heat the oil in a medium-sized saucepan on low heat.
• 1 tbsp sesame seed oil
• Stir gently while adding the garlic. Cook for one minute.
• 2 cloves garlic
• Bring the mixture to a boil, adding the chicken stock and diced meat.
• 1 small chicken breast, 1 liter of good quality chicken broth (4 cups plus 3 tbsp).
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Roll the sweetcorn with the rolling pin to mash it up a little, but leave about half of the kernels whole.
• 200 g (7 oz) tin sweetcorn
• Mix the white pepper, sweetcorn and the sweetcorn in the pan.
• White pepper, 1/8 tsp
• Bring the mixture back to a boil and continue to simmer for another 5 minutes.
• A slight thickening of the soup can be achieved by adding the cornflower mixture slowly.
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• Whisked eggs are added slowly in thin streams. As it cooks, the egg should flutter in the liquid.
• 2 medium eggs
• Taste the soup, and add salt as needed (depending on how salty your stock is).
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• Before serving, divide the mixture between two bowls. Garnish with chopped spring onions.
• Spring onions

Notes

Make sure to get ahead.

You can make this soup ahead. Make the soup and then let it cool down, cover, and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Reheat the mixture in a microwave or a saucepan, stirring frequently, until it is hot.

Vegetarian Cuisine

You can replace the chicken stock in the recipe with vegetable stock, and the tofu or chunks of vegetarian chicken style may be substituted for the chicken.

Scaling up or down is possible with this recipe.

The same proportions of ingredients can be used to double or half the recipe.

Double the recipe and it will require a little more cooking time.

The cooking time will not change if you reduce the recipe by half.

Can I use chicken that has been cooked?

You can use leftover cooked shredded chicken. Add the chicken to the sweetcorn. No need to simmer stock for five minutes.

Ingredient additions:

• Add more vegetables to the sweetcorn – peas and mushrooms, slices of mange tout, or even broccoli pieces.
• You can also use small pieces of carrot or potato. Add them to the chicken and stock. Cook for 5 additional minutes, then add the sweetcorn.
• For a touch of heat, add hot sauce or chili flakes.
• Soy sauce to add a little extra umami flavor.