Name: Sweet corn soup with ginger
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 brown onion (80g), sliced finely; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 2 centimetre (¾-inch) piece fresh ginger (10g), cut into matchsticks; 420 gram (13½ ounces) canned corn kernels, rinsed, drained; 1 1/2 litres (6 cups) salt-reduced chicken stock; 2 teaspoon japanese soy sauce; 2 1/2 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch); 2 tablespoon water; 1 egg white, beaten lightly; 2 green onions (scallions), sliced thinly

Sweet corn soup with ginger

This Asian-style sweet corn soup is based on a clear broth made fragrant with fresh ginger and bulked up with ribbons of egg and green onions.

Ingredients

1 brown onion (80g), sliced finely

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 centimetre (¾-inch) piece fresh ginger (10g), cut into matchsticks

420 gram (13½ ounces) canned corn kernels, rinsed, drained

1 1/2 litres (6 cups) salt-reduced chicken stock

2 teaspoon japanese soy sauce

2 1/2 tablespoon cornflour (cornstarch)

2 tablespoon water

1 egg white, beaten lightly

2 green onions (scallions), sliced thinly

Method

1.Combine brown onion, garlic, ginger, corn and stock in 2.5-litre (10 cup) saucepan. Cook over a medium heat, stirring occasionally, 25 minutes; stir in sauce.

2.Blend cornflour with the water in small bowl until smooth, stir into soup. Cook for a further 3 minutes, stirring halfway through cooking time.

3.Turn off the heat and stir in egg white and green onion, adding the egg in a thin stream. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before dishing up.

Recipe not suitable to freeze.
Note

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