Asian Chicken and Corn Soup

Description

This soup recipe is great for cold winter nights, or as a starter for an Asian meal. None of the ingredients are hard to find, and the result is warming and delicious!

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 10 button mushrooms, sliced thin
  • 10 small oyster mushrooms, sliced thin
  • 1 (3 ounce) package enoki mushrooms, roots removed
  • ¼ cup chopped onion
  • ¼ cup chopped celery
  • ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped carrot
  • 3 cloves garlic, smashed
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
  • 1 (15 ounce) can cream-style corn
  • 1 (5 ounce) can chunk white chicken (such as Swanson®), drained
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons Chinese five-spice powder
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • ½ cup cold milk
  • 15 leaves fresh Thai basil, chopped

Instructions

  1. Heat the vegetable oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir in the button mushrooms
  2. oyster mushrooms
  3. and enoki mushrooms; cook and stir until lightly browned. Add the onion
  4. celery
  5. green bell pepper
  6. carrot
  7. and garlic. Season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Mix in the chicken broth
  8. cream-style corn
  9. chicken
  10. rice wine vinegar
  11. and five-spice powder
  12. and bring to boil. Cover and reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer for about 20 minutes. Mix cornstarch with the milk in a small bowl
  13. and stir into the soup. Stir until soup has thickened. Garnish each serving with chopped basil.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 6

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