Chinese chicken and sweetcorn soup

Name: Chinese chicken and sweetcorn soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced; 2cm piece ginger, peeled and finely chopped; 4 spring onions, sliced; 325g tin sweetcorn, drained; 1 reduced-salt chicken stock cube, made up to 1.2ltr; 1 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce; 2 roast chicken breast fillets, skin removed, meat shredded; 2 eggs, beaten; 15g fresh coriander, finely chopped; sesame oil, to serve (optional)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:10min

The chicken comes before the egg in this Chinese-inspired chicken and sweetcorn soup recipe. Perfect as a starter before a proper feast, this deceptively simple soup is as moreish as it gets. Dropping in beaten eggs towards the finish is a great kitchen hack.

Updated at: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 17:18:59 GMT