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Soul Food: Chinese Corn Soup

An easy delicious soup that starts with canned corn!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: soul food, Soup
Cuisine: Asian, Asian-American
Keyword: Cantonese cooking, Corn, soup

Ingredients

  • 14.5 ounce can of creamed style corn Del Monte is my go-to
  • 1/2 cup ground pork or thinly sliced pork

Marinade for Pork

  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tsp oyster sauce
  • 1-1/2 tsp rice wine
  • dash of white pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt and sugar

To finish the Soup

  • 3-4 cups water or low sodium chicken broth or half and half water & broth
  • 1-2 eggs
  • 1 green onion sliced on the diagonal
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Combine marinade ingredients with pork in a small bowl, set aside, let it sit for 10-15 minutes.
  • Heat 1 T oil in a 3-4 quart saucepan. When oil is hot, add ginger and cook for 1 minute to flavor the oil.
  • Add pork to pot and sauté until it is no longer pink.
  • Add water and/or stock and bring to a boil, immediately lower heat to a simmer for 10-15 minutes.
  • Add creamed corn. Bring to a boil and turn down heat to low. Simmer for 5 minutes.
  • As the soup simmers, break eggs into a small bowl. Lightly beat, no need for the eggs to be completely blended.
  • Turn heat off or set to very low and add eggs to soup in a steady stream, all the while stirring the soup with a fork or chopsticks in one direction. If the flame is too high the egg will curdle!
  • Season with salt and white pepper to taste. Garnish with green onions.

Options:

  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • ¼ - ½ cup corn kernels ( I use frozen) add with canned creamed corn
  • Substitute ground chicken or turkey for pork

For a thicker soup:

  • Mix ½ tablespoon of cornstarch with 1 tablespoon water or stock. Add this slurry to the soup, heat until soup thickens. Turn heat down and add egg. I find if you use 2 eggs in this soup this will create enough body in the soup such that cornstarch is not necessary.