Chicken and sweetcorn soup
Chicken and sweetcorn soup, from above
Non vegUnited Kingdom

Chicken and sweetcorn soup

Silky, golden and slurpable. The takeaway soup kids actually finish.

25 minTime
23 gProtein each
mildSpice
Egg ribbons and golden corn2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's waySilky corn and chicken soup with egg ribbons.
The original
239kcalsame
23 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
25minutessame

Chicken and sweetcorn soup, takeaway style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken stock (chicken broth)5 cups
Gingera thin slice or two
Sweet corn kernels (corn kernels)2 cups corn kernels
Chicken, boneless200 g cooked chicken, shredded
Soy sauce2 tsp
Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp, mixed with 4 tbsp water
Egg2 eggs, beaten
Sesame oil1 tsp
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)to finish
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Simmer the stock with the ginger. Blitz half the corn until creamy.
  2. 2Add all the corn and the chicken and simmer. Remove the ginger.
  3. 3Stir in the soy, then the cornflour slurry and simmer until silky.
  4. 4Turn off the heat, stir slowly in one direction and drizzle in the egg.
  5. 5Finish with sesame oil, spring onion and salt to taste.
Serve it like this

Ladle into small bowls with spring onion on top. Prawn crackers or toast soldiers on the side.

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