Sweet Corn Chicken Soup

Recipe No: 250

This is one of our favorite soups to have whenever we eat out in Kerala. Not only is this easy to make, but a bowl of this on a rainy day (like today) makes us so 'at home'...

Ingredients                                             Serves 3-4

• Sweet Corn (cream style)….14.75 oz/ 418 grams
• Butter……………………………..1 Tablespoon
• Carrot chopped fine…………2 Tablespoons
• Onion chopped fine………….2 Tablespoons
• Celery chopped fine………….2 Tablespoons
• Chicken stock………………....3 1/2 Cups (I used homemade; for recipe click here)
• Cooked, shredded Chicken...1/2 Cup
• Egg………………………………....1, beaten well with a tablespoon of Water
• Light Soy Sauce…….............2 Teaspoons (I used Kikkoman; if using Indian dark Soy use 1 teaspoon)
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Method of Preparation

1. Heat Butter in a pan on medium heat and saute Onion, Celery and Carrots for a minute (don’t brown).
2. Add Corn together with Chicken stock and let it cook for 5-8 minutes. (There are chances of boiling over if you are not using a big pan)
3. Add Shredded Chicken, Salt, Pepper and Soy sauce; mix well.
4. While the soup is rolling boiling, add the beaten Egg in a thin steady line from top while stirring continuously as I explained in Egg drop soup. (Read more about Egg Drop Soup here.)
5. Once boiled again, look for seasonings; switch off the heat and serve it hot with a piece of crusty Bread.

Notes:

• Cream Style corn is different from Creamed Corn. Cream style Corn from American grocery stores tend to be on the sweeter side, so if you can get it from an Indian grocery store it will be better for this Soup. If you have no problem with the sweetness, this does not matter or you can decrease the amount of corn used to reduce the sweetness.
• Don't use regular Corn for this as it is not creamed.
• The Egg, if poured like I mentioned above, will be cooked instantly and will stay in the Soup as very fine threads. It will thicken the Soup too.

Make it, enjoy the deliciousness and
serve it to your family with love…