Ham and Sweet Corn Soup combines a few quick and easy pantry ingredients to make a flavorful Asian style soup in just minutes.
Ham and Sweet Corn Soup
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Ham and Sweet Corn Soup is my recipe of the day with one of my favorite blogging groups: Saturday Soup Swappers.
This month we are sharing Asian style soups which are also some of my favorites. Although choosing a kind of favorite soup is sometimes like choosing a favorite child! Lucky for me I just have one child, so I can shower her with more than she can take. Ha!
Having soups in the summer can be an iffy issue. It’s the heat. And no, I am not talking about spicy, although I do love those!
Heat index will be in the mid-nineties here today and sticky as a bowl of molasses.
I’ll have the air on today to keep it under control in the house, so summer cooking is not a problem for me. Although I have been keeping it off as much as possible since we are still on furlough from my husband’s job. Pinching pennies severely is the new norm, since we have no idea whatsoever when (or if) the current world storm will blow over.
And he has been casting his employment net broadly, since he does specific scientific work which is not found everywhere. I have begun to consider that I might have to pack up and move like a Beverly Hillbilly (minus all their oil-rich cash of course). I love adventure. I love new places but. I am getting too old for this. 😉
Anyhoo, this soup stirs up quick with just a bit of junk from the pantry, which you may have stocked up on for the pandemic. Well, except for the ham and eggs. I usually have some of that around for breakfast.
The trick with the ham and sweet corn soup is getting the egg right. Use room temp eggs, whisk those, and stream into the soup while the soup spins. It’s how you get the little strings of egg you see in the common egg drop soup. If the eggs are cold or not whisked well enough, the strings will be too thick and if you add water, they will likely break up.
Once you get it spinning well and drizzle it into the boiling water, take your spoon out and watch it spin and quickly cook. Don’t break it up much at that point by stirring it further.
But even with summer heat, you will be in and out of the kitchen quickly, and this makes a nice add to any lunch or dinner.
Soup Swappers June 2020: Asian Soups
- Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Japanese Beef Curry
- A Day in the Life on the Farm: Asian Vegetable Noodle Soup
- Sid’s Sea Palm Cooking: Wonton Soup
- Palatable Pastime: Ham and Sweet Corn Soup (You are Here!)
- Veggies First Then Dessert: Egg Drop Soup
- Making Miracles: Japanese Clear Soup
- Sneha’s Recipes: Vegetable Stew in Coconut Milk
- Pandemonium Noshery: Wonton Soup
Ham and Sweet Corn Soup
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Ham and Sweet Corn Soup
Ham and Sweet Corn Soup
Ingredients
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 15 ounce can creamed corn
- 1 cup finely diced ham
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 4 scallions sliced
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup cold water
- 2 eggs beaten
Instructions
- Heat together the chicken broth, corn, ham, soy sauce, ginger, sesame oil, and pepper.
- Mix the cornstarch slurry and add to soup along with the scallions, stirring until thickened, about one minute after it boils.
- Beat eggs lightly in a spouted glass measure; stir soup until it is like a whirlpool and while stirring, drizzle eggs into the hot spinning soup without breaking it up with stirring. This allows strings of egg to form.
Notes
It’s been a long time since I’ve tried my hand at ‘whirling the beaten egg’ into a soup. I remember well the first time I tried it. Can anyone say ‘egg clump soup’? I’ve got all those ingredients in the house, so I may just have to try this. Soon.
I tried egg drop soup when I was first learning to cook and it didn’t go well so I never tried it again but now I think I need to. This looks delicious and simple , which are my two requirements this year.
Love the addition of ham and corn to this egg drop soup. Any chance the job search will bring you to Michigan?
He sent out a fishing hook to a place in Pontiac (Williams International)- not too far from where you are! <3