Chicken Corn Soup

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups water
2-3 single chicken breast
1 tbsp light soy sauce
1 tsp finely grated fresh ginger
2 small garlic flakes crushed
1 tbsp cornflour
1/4 Cup corn kernels, rinsed, drained
6 green shallots, ends trimmed, thinly sliced diagonally
Salt & freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp Lemon juice/white vinegar
1 tsp Oil / Butter
3 tsp Chicken stock powder (optional)

HOW TO MAKE:

1)  Bring together the water,chicken stock,corn and chicken to boil. Allow the chicken to simmer in the water till chicken is very soft.

2)  When the chicken is very soft and can be easily torn apart, switch off the stove and separate the chicken stock, corn & the chicken pieces. Cool the Chicken pieces and shred them finely.

3) Heat Oil / Butter in a saucepan, add the shallots and the grated ginger,crushed garlic flakes. Add the Chicken stock-corn water-shredded chicken and bring to boil.

4)  When the water is boiling, add the cornflour which is mixed with 1/4 cup of cold water in a bowl. Stir gently, add the soya sauce, salt, pepper powder.

5)  When the mixture reached soup consistency, switch off stove and sprinkle the lemon juice, sprinkle some pepper powder and serve hot in soup bowls.

RATING NOTES:

              DIFFICULTY LEVEL    :   EASY
              RATING  POINTS         :    8/10**

**  To enhance the flavour, you can also add some chicken soup powder in step 4 (instead of cornflour).