Sweet Corn and Chicken Soup

You will fall in love with this soup. This recipe is definitely a winner !

Ingredients

2 tablespoons cornstarch

3 table spoons water

6 oz ground chicken

1 3/4 cups Homemade Chicken Stock

1 1/2 cup water

1 can creamy sweet corn

white pepper ( according to taste)

salt to taste

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

Coriander leaves to garnish

1. Mix cornstarch with 3 tablespoons of water in a bowl. Stir well to blend.

2. Bring the chicken broth and water to boil, Lower the heat to medium and  add the ground chicken.

3. Add the creamy sweet corn, pepper, salt and thicken the soup with cornstarch mixture. Turn off the heat.

4. Swirl the beaten eggs into the soup and immediately stir three times with a fork. Cover the pot of soup with its lid for 2 minutes. The eggs should be cooked and will form into silken threads.

Serve Hot !

To make creamy sweet corn at home:

1) Take a sauce pan, drop the frozen corn into it, with a cup of half and half or milk, stir well, it becomes thick. Take 2 tablespoons of cornstarch and mix it with 3 tablespoons of cold water and stir till it blends well. 

2) Add the cornstarch mixture to the pan in which the corn is cooking. Stir well , switch off.

How to make homemade chicken stock:

1 cornish hen or a 1 kg regular chicken

2.25 litres of water

2" piece of ginger ( crushed on pester mortar)

Salt - to taste

Pepper - to taste

1) If you are using a slow cooker, cook it on high for 4-5 hours. you can do it in a pressure cooker or a stock pot.

2) When its done, let it cool, drain the chicken stock with a strainer.