Chicken Corn soup

Chicken stock: Prepare the chicken stock by boiling 1 1/2 lts of water, 3/4 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper powder,1 cubed carrot, 1/2″ ginger, 3 crushed garlic cloves and 1/4 kg chicken with bone. Place lid and allow the water to come to a rolling boil. Simmer for 15 minutes and turn off flame. Strain the liquid and keep aside. De-bone the chicken and shred to small pieces.

Ingredients

• Sweet Corn- 1 tin (cream style)
• Chicken stock- (5 cups)
• Chicken – 1/4 kg, with bone washed and drained
• Spring onions – 2 tbsps, finely chopped
• Ginger – 1/2 tsp, finely minced
• Spring onion greens – 4 tbsps, finely chopped
• Cornflour – 2 1/2 to 3 tbsps (corn starch)
• Light soy sauce – 1/2 tsp
• Egg – 1,
• beaten lightly
• Sugar: 3/4 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Sesame oil – 1 tsp
• White pepper powder – as required
• Spring onion greens: 3-4 tbsps
• (finely chopped) to garnish

Directions

1. Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel,add spring onion whites and ginger and sauté for a minute. Add the shredded chicken and sauté for a minute. Add cream style sweet corn and chicken stock or water and bring to a boil. Reduce flame and cook on low flame for a minute Add sugar and adjust salt to the simmering soup and cook further for 3-4 mts.
2. Mix the cornflour in 4 tbsps of water and keep aside.
3. Add the cornflour mixture and go on stirring till the soup thickens on low to medium flame. Slowly add the beaten egg and continuously stir in one direction only. Ensure that the flame is low and the egg will form into thin white threads in the soup. Keep stirring for few more seconds and turn off heat.
4. Pour into soup bowls, garnish with spring onion greens and serve hot. You can season with white pepper powder.You can use black pepper powder instead of white pepper powder.