Fluffy Egg Drop Soup with Corn & Onion. Today we are going to reveal the secret on how to make the best Chinese Egg Drop Soup with Sweet Corn. It's totally how they make it in Chinese restaurants! Anyone who knows me will tell you that I absolutely adore a good bowl of egg drop soup.
I love sweet corn very much and it is a really easy and health choice for breakfast or as a dessert when dinner out in restaurant.
There are two common version of sweet corn soup: one is with egg and the other one is with chicken meat.
They key to this egg drop soup is the added flavor of sweet corn.
You can cook Fluffy Egg Drop Soup with Corn & Onion using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Fluffy Egg Drop Soup with Corn & Onion
- You need 1 of as much (to taste) Frozen sweet corn kernels.
- Prepare 1/2 medium of Onion.
- It's 1 of Egg.
- You need 4 tsp of per 600 ml Chicken stock granules.
- You need 1 of to 2 teaspoons Mentsuyu.
- Prepare 1 of Katakuriko slurry.
We apologize in advance for any distress caused. Which variety of corn you use for this special egg drop soup is a personal preference and depends on what you can find at your local markets. Besides being popular with home cooks, this soup is also popularly served in Cantonese restaurants. As the egg cooks, it scatters into pretty and silky soft.
Fluffy Egg Drop Soup with Corn & Onion step by step
- Cut the onion into 1 cm wide wedges, then cut in half..
- Put the onion and corn in a pan. Add the chicken soup stock granules and simmer until the onion is translucent. If you have some mentsuyu sauce add a little to bring the flavors together..
- Add the katakuriko dissolved in water to thicken the soup (use katakuriko and water in a 1:1 ratio)..
- Beat the egg well to break up the egg white. The key is to add 1 tablespoon of water. Pour it into the pan all at once; when the egg spreads out like a flower opening up, mix it with a ladle. Don't mix it right away!.
- When the egg is fluffy it's done. It's important not to overcook this..
Fluffy eggs in the soup look almost like ribbons. The Japanese name of this soup, 'Kakitama-jiru' (かきたま汁), does not translate to Egg Drop Soup. It is a clear soup with a slight saltiness and it's full of dashi flavour. The broth is also slightly thickened with cornflour/corn-starch. This miso corn egg drop soup has the addition of miso for the added depth in flavor and umaminess and bits of corn to give a burst of sweetness to each sip, and of course the essential egg ribbons that make the soup pure comfort - excellent for days you crave comfort foods.