Chicken & Corn Soup
Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 100 g boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into small pieces
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 cm piece ginger, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp corn flour
- 600 ml hot chicken stock
- 100 g sweet corn
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- Shredded spring onions, shredded, to garnish
- Dark soy sauce
- Toasted sesame seeds, to garnish
- Heat the oil in a deep pan and gently cook the chicken, garlic and ginger for 3-4 minutes without coloring.
- Blend the corn flour with a little stock and add to the soup pan with the remaining stock and the sweet corn. Bring to the boil, stirring continuously and simmer gently for 5-7 minutes
- Beat together the egg and lemon juice and slowly trickle into the soup pan, stirring with a chopstick or fork to form egg strands. Season to taste, garnish with salad onions and toasted sesame seeds, and serve with a drizzle of soy sauce and some prawn crackers.