First, grill your chicken breasts in a little sesame oil.
Then, pour some water and a chicken stock cube into a saucepan, and bring to the boil.
Add the sweetcorn to the pan and simmer for 10-15 mins.
While you wait, whisk an egg in a bowl.
When the chicken is cooked, finely shred it and add it to the soup.
Then, add the egg: slowly pour it into the soup, stirring it gently with a fork. This will make it go nice and stringy.
Finally, blend the cornflour with a little water and stir it into a paste. Then add it to the soup.
Add salt and pepper to taste, then serve.
(You can garnish it with sliced spring onions to make it look pretty if you want)
Tips
The recipe actually works better with 'cream style corn' rather than actual sweetcorn, but I've never managed to find it in a shop (in England). You can buy it online though.
We found out our 20th Anniversary was a "China" anniversary and so had a big chinese themed party for 40 people in our garden. I cooked all the chinese food outside and made this soup in large quantities for a starter. Wow!! Highly recommended - only comment is that there is a little too much chicken in the recipe and this can overpower so I used just 2 large chicken breasts and multiplied the rest of the recipe by 4. Wonderful!
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We found out our 20th Anniversary was a "China" anniversary and so had a big chinese themed party for 40 people in our garden. I cooked all the chinese food outside and made this soup in large quantities for a starter. Wow!! Highly recommended - only comment is that there is a little too much chicken in the recipe and this can overpower so I used just 2 large chicken breasts and multiplied the rest of the recipe by 4. Wonderful!
by Suechef on Sun Aug 15 2010 reply to this comment
I found creamed Green Giant Sweetcorn in Sainsbury's yesterday - now off to make this soup for my lunch!
by Leenie on Sun Jan 10 2010 reply to this comment
so simple, so good I love it, thanks for this
Geen Giant creamed sweet corn in most supermarkets
by Alm6 on Sat Nov 21 2009 reply to this comment
You legend! All I have is Asda! Thanks :D
by jamin on Fri Oct 2 2009 reply to this comment
Tesco sell Green Giant creamed sweetcorn.
by Steve L on Fri Oct 2 2009 reply to this comment