Chinese corn and chicken soup
Q: Recipe for best Chinese corn soup please.
A: Cantonese chicken and corn soup is one of the most popular soups throughout China, and also very popular and Wickedfood Cooking School in our Chinese cooking class. We use tinned creamed corn, and for a smooth texture, whizz it in a food processor for a couple of seconds. For flavour it is very important to use home made chicken stock. Traditionally only egg whites are used for this dish, but the whole egg can also be used.
250g chicken breast fillet, minced or coarsely chopped
2/3 cup Shaoxing rice wine
400g tinned creamed sweet corn
1,5L chicken stock
1t salt
2T cornflour, dissolved in a 1/4 cup of water
2 eggs (or whites, see introduction), lightly beaten with 2T water
2t roasted sesame oil
- Place the chicken in a bowl together with 3T of the rice wine and combine. Set aside.
- Place any remaining wine, sweet corn, chicken stock and salt in a large pot and bring to the boil, stirring continuously.
- Once it comes to a boil, reduce to simmer, add the chicken and stir to separate the meat. Simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add the dissolved cornflour, in a thin stream, stirring continuously, and simmer until thickened slightly.
- Remove from heat and pour the egg in, in a thin stream to create long strands, mixing as you pour.
- Stir in the sesame oil. Check the seasoning and serve immediately.
Serves 6
Sunninghill – (011) 234-3252 sunninghill@wickedfood.co.za
Wickedfood Cooking School runs cooking classes throughout the year at its purpose-built Johannesburg cooking studios. Cookery classes are run in the mornings and evenings 7 days a week (subject to a minimum of 12 people). The venue is also popular for corporate events and private functions – team building cooking classes, birthdays, kitchen teas, and dinner parties with a difference.
Our cooking lessons are hands-on, where every person gets to participate in the preparation of the dishes. They are also a lot of fun where you not only learn new skills, but get to meet people with similar interests. For corporate groups and teambuilding cooking classes these events are a novel way of creating staff interaction or entertaining clients.
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