A thick, warm soup on the table in 15 minutes! This Chinese Corn Soup, also known as Egg Drop Soup, will blow your mind. It tastes just like what you get at Chinese restaurants, is so fast to make and you don’t even need to chop a single thing. The wonders of a can of creamed corn. Watch the cooking video and see!
Sometimes, I get the very best recipes from the most unexpected sources.
Like from a sassy lady in Tennessee USA, the wonderful Dorothy, all the way over on the other side of the world who I met through my blog and has provided me with some incredible recipes that readers can’t get enough of. Like her epic Easiest Ever MOIST Apple Cake and her 5 Ingredient No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (my friends go nuts over these – excuse the pun).
We – well, she 🙂 – are working on an epic Thanksgiving menu that I’m so looking forward to sharing here on RecipeTin Eats!
As for this Chinese Corn soup? Well, it came from a friend of mine who has never been a fan of cooking. Loves the eating part, not so much a fan of the cooking part. 🙂
I find it oddly amusing that the soup I make most frequently came from my friend who cooks the least. But it is befitting, I guess, because this Chinese Corn Soup is definitely the fastest soup I know how to make – hence why she knew it and hence why I make it so often!
I always have little bags of shredded cooked chicken in the freezer so I almost always throw that in, which is why I am sharing this Chinese Corn Soup with chicken in it it.
And actually, I usually go one step further than that and throw in some vegetables soo. I especially like adding leafy Chinese greens, like bok choy and Chinese broccoli, or even normal broccoli or broccolini. It fills it out and makes this a complete meal.
But for the sake of providing the true base recipe, I’ve kept this straight forward, with just chicken. But in reality, I’d have bits of carrot, chopped zucchini or other bits and bobs I find in my fridge!
If you watch the cooking video below the recipe, you will see how I make this without using a chopping board at all. Because sometimes – more often that you probably expect – it is just all too hard to even chop up greens.
I actually posted this recipe way back in June 2014, over 2 years ago when I just started this blog when it was pretty much just my mother reading it!! Patience has never been my greatest virtue, and I shared some of my very best recipes way back then.
2 1/2 years on, my photography and video skills have somewhat improved so I really wanted to reshare this. It was sad, thinking about this sitting in my archives with such terrible photos, with no one making it because it is SO good. So so good.
There are a handful of recipes in this big wide world that are so ridiculously simple and effortless to make, yet taste so good. It is my mission to find and share all of them with you.
This one ticks all the boxes. It truly tastes so incredible – read the feedback from people who have tried it already! – Nagi x
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PS Very authentic sight below – me coddling a bowl of soup with my nail-polish-free Baby Hands in my daggy grey jumper. This is how this soup happens in my home.
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WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
Chinese Corn Soup cooking video – so you can truly see how easy this is to make, without using a knife!
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Chinese Chicken and Corn Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups (500ml) chicken or vegetable broth/stock
- 1 can (16oz/420g) creamed corn
- 1 tsp soy sauce (all purpose or light)
- 1 tbsp Chinese cooking wine OR Mirin or Dry Sherry (can omit)
- 1 tsp ginger , minced or finely chopped
- 1 garlic clove , minced or finely chopped
- 1 tsp cornflour / cornstarch , mixed with a splash of cold water
- 1 egg , whisked
- 1 cup shredded cooked chicken
- Salt and white pepper , to taste
- 3 tbsp sliced scallions / shallots (optional)
Instructions
- Place broth, creamed corn, soy sauce, Chinese cooking wine, ginger, garlic and cornflour / water mixture in a saucepan over high heat.
- Bring to boil, then turn down the heat to medium and stir occasionally. Cook for 5 minutes or until slightly thickened.
- Adjust seasoning with salt, turn off heat, and slowly whisk in the egg so it cooks in “ribbons” throughout the soup. This also thickens the soup.
- Add the chicken, season with white pepper, and serve, garnished with scallions.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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I think this was the first of your recipes that I tried (slack in doing a reply, but doing it now !) I buy a roast chicken from Costco and shred it, divide into 2 batches and put in the freezer. Tonight I pull out 1 batch of chicken and off I go making this superb soup. So easy and so tasty, and it is such a comforting dish for winter and lock down. (Had been making it pre lockdown, refer above !) Much nicer than anything I’d had from takeaway. During lock down 1, you were mentioned by Mike on SmoothFM radio as his go to for recipes, and I thought of this recipe. Best ever and so easy. Bless you
Love this soup. My go to for a yummy easy dinner. Love your recipes
Thank you so much Christine 🙂 N x
Love this chicken soup. Its become a go to for me and i like to add shiitake mushrooms to it. It’s simple, quick, versatile and i almost always have at least one serve in the freezer.
I’ve used this recipe a few times because it’s easy and a family fav. Tonight I used a bit of ground turkey and it was delish. My hubby who is a picky eater asks for it when he’s under the weather. Funny he’s not a fan of eggs but does not squawk about the egg ribbons in this wonderful soup. 😊
Wonderful soup – made even better (for my tastes) with the addition of a can of drained white crab meat and *lots* of cracked pepper… I’m practically slavering thinking about this given it’s nearly dinner time at my place 🙂
Yum, I love this idea Mike!! N x
A great soup Nagi, we’ve a glut of corn to use, and this is great, I’ve simply added fresh corn (cooked) at the end with the chicken as well as using creamed corn.
We’ve made this at least three times since I found the recipe two months ago. This is amazing, just like our local Chinese place made (which sadly closed during the pandemic) but fresher and tastier. I’ve made it without chicken and also with sauteed ground turkey, and it’s great any way.
When freezing this recipe is it ok to add the egg? I understand not adding cornstarch slurry but just checking about egg.
Thank you. Delicious recipe. About to make my parents a big batch for their freezer
Egg is fine Miranda 🙂 N x
I tried this recipe tonight and it tasted amazing. My 5 year old whom is going through a picky stage absolutely devoured it plus asked to have it for lunch tomorrow. A winner in the household. 🥳
This recipe brought me to your wonderful website. It’s my favourite go-to recipe when I want something super fast. Thanks Nagi! Keep up the great work!
Thanks so much for the feedback Margaret! N x
I gotta admit, I was skeptical on this one. Oh, how wrong I was… this soup is Sooo good! Thanks for the great recipe Nagi!
Thanks so much Tomji!! N x
I searched through dozens of recipes for chicken and sweet corn soup. Decided to give yours a go. It was delicious. My husband went back for seconds, so he must have loved it too. Added noodles to the kids bowls to fill them up on this cold day. Thank you Nagi!
Your recipe has converted me! I’m not normally a fan of this soup but my husband was craving it when I came across your recipe. It’s so delicious! It will definitely become a staple in my home.
Wahoo, that’s great Sweta! N x
Perfect comfort food for when I have a cold. I added some spiralised carrots and some mushrooms for extra veggies.
Love this idea – great to warm you up on a cool day 🙂 N x
Hi Nagi,
With the horrible weather on its way to Melbourne, hoping to make this to warm me up.
Am I able to use just normal roasted chicken from my local supermarket or chicken shop and shred that for the soup?
Yes 100% Jasmine, I often do this too! N x
This was so easy and delicious – will definitely be adding to the repeat list! Just found your website and won’t be needing anyone else from now on! Thanks!
I LOVE hearing this Alison!!! ❤️
Soooo good !!
Thanks Maz! N x
Forgot to add my 5 star rating xx
This soup was gorgeous. I haven’t had it in so long. I roasted a whole chicken in a pot with some broth and Asian flavours and then I stripped the meat off and simmered the cooking broth and bones for the stock for this soup. And then used the shredded meat in it too. I used the rest of the meat for your fried rice (also on your week 2 meal plan), and some in your Crispy Noodle Chow Mein, And the rest went to sandwiches. Great return from just one whole chicken! I was super happy.. All your recipes are never fail winners for me
I wanted the flavor of this soup. But I did end up putting tons of vegetable to make it a full meal. Not enough soup space to ‘ribbon’ the egg. 😅
Still, tasty!
Great idea J-Mom!! N x
Hi there! Just wondering if you have a recipe or a quick suggestion on making creamed corn? It’s sometimes available locally for me but not an awful lot of it is stocked!