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Introducing a simple Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup that will really impress! It is ready to enjoy in just 30 minutes and only 5 minutes of that is your prep time! It’s a healthy and delicious soup that your family is sure to love!
Recipe Difficulty – Very Easy
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Why this recipe works
Chicken and Sweet Corn Soup is incredibly easy to make and so delicious! The flavours are simple, but so perfect together. It’s perfect as a light soup the way it is, or you could thicken it up with noodles, other meats, and more vegetables such as potato to bulk it out.
Ingredients to make Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
- Chicken Breasts – are my favourite part of the chicken to use for this soup.
- Salt and Pepper – is used to season the chicken.
- Olive Oil – is used to fry up both the chicken and the veg.
- Shallots – taste like a combination of onion and garlic, perfect for this soup.
- Spring Onions – are a little bit milder than a classic onion.
- Minced Ginger – gives a little bit of spice to this soup.
- Corn – can be canned or frozen.
- Chicken Stock – forms the base of the soup.
- Cornstarch – is also known as corn flour and is used to thicken up the soup.
See recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
Substitutions
- Chicken Breast – You could use chicken thighs if you prefer. You could also add in ham or substitute shrimp or beef.
- Olive Oil – can be replaced with any neutral oil such as vegetable oil or canola oil.
- Shallots – could be replaced with a leek.
- Minced Ginger – You could replace this with fresh ginger.
- Vegetables – If you want to add more than just corn to this recipe, try others you’d enjoy in a chicken soup such as broccoli, carrots, or zucchini.
- Chicken Stock – can be replaced with vegetable stock or chicken broth. You could even use water and stock cubes.
- Corn – You could try using a creamed corn in place of corn kernels.
Variations
- Spicy – add in cayenne pepper, green chiles or white pepper.
- Deluxe – If you want to try for some egg ribbons to bring your soup up a notch, add some whisked eggs in right at the end. You can also garnish with some fresh herbs such as coriander or parsley.
- Kid friendly – This soup is already pretty kid friendly! You could serve it with a chunk of bread or some crackers on top if you’d like.
How to make Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
Step 1: Start by preparing your chicken; cut the chicken into large cubes and season it with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 2: Heat half of the olive oil in a large saucepan. Cook the chicken until golden brown, then remove it from the saucepot.
Step 3: Once the chicken is cooled down, shred it using two forks.
Step 4: Next, prepare the veggies; slice the shallots and spring onions, then mince the ginger.
Step 5: Heat the remaining oil in a saucepot. Add shallots and spring onions. Cook until tender. Stir regularly. Add ginger and cook until fragrant.
Step 6: Whisk 250ml (1 cup) of chicken stock with cornstarch. Set aside.
Step 7: Add the remaining 750ml (3 cups) chicken stock and the corn to the soup pot. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Step 8: Using an immersion blender or food processor, partially blend some of the corn kernels. Whisk in cornflour mixture and shredded chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.
Pour into bowls and enjoy!
Hint: When using a cornstarch slurry, try adding a little at a time until you get the consistency you want.
Leftovers
Store leftover soup in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.
Recipe FAQs
Some tasty options would be bread, a salad, or coleslaw. It would also be good with some roasted veg or fried rice.
How do you make Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup in the slow cooker?
To cook in the slowcooker, cook everything but the slurry on low for 8 hours. You can fry up the veg and meat beforehand if you want or cook them from raw. After 8 hours, shred the chicken and add in the slurry to thicken. You could also cook on high for 4 hours.
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Chicken and Sweetcorn Soup
Ingredients
- 500 g chicken breasts
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tbsp olive oil, divided
- 2 shallots, thinly sliced
- 2 spring onions, white and light green parts only, thinly sliced
- 1 tsp minced ginger
- 400 g corn, canned or frozen
- 1 litre chicken stock, (4 cups)
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
Instructions
- Start by preparing your chicken; cut the chicken into large cubes and season it with salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat half of the olive oil in a saucepot. Cook the chicken until golden brown, then remove it from the saucepot.
- Once the chicken is cooled down, shred it using two forks.
- Next, prepare the veggies; slice the shallots and spring onions, then mince the ginger.
- Heat the remaining oil in a saucepot. Add shallots and spring onions. Cook until tender. Add ginger and cook until fragrant.
- Whisk 250ml (1 cup) of chicken stock with cornstarch. Set aside.
- Add the remaining 750ml (3 cups) chicken stock and the corn to the saucepot. Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Using an immersion blender, partially blend some of the corn. Whisk in cornstarch slurry and shredded chicken and simmer for 10 minutes.
So good and simple. Easy to prepare, I also added some carrots. We all loved it including my 3 and picky 6 year old! Thanks xx
Yay 🙂 glad to hear you all enjoyed!
Loved this! Simple but really tasty. I added the sesame oil and soy sauce at the end as you suggested and it really topped it off wonderfully. Thank you ☺️
Thanks Caroline 🙂 glad you enjoyed!