The often forgotten Chinese takeout soup | Chicken Corn Egg Drop Soup! | The Woks of Life
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We are a family of four: parents Bill & Judy, and daughters Sarah & Kaitlin Leung. The Woks of Life is our way of sharing our recipes & travels with each other and documenting our family's story through food. We started food blogging in 2013, and since then, we've helped generations young and old reclaim Chinese home cooking! Our blog has become a robust online community and is recognized as the authority on Chinese cooking in English. You can find our 1,200+ recipes, ingredients glossaries, and how-to guides on wok cooking at thewoksoflife.com. We also wrote a New York Times bestselling, James Beard Award nominated cookbook! We share 100+ of our favorite home-cooked and restaurant-style Chinese recipes in ”a very special book” (J. Kenji López-Alt, author of The Food Lab and The Wok). “The Woks of Life did something miraculous: It reconnected me to my love of Chinese food and showed me how simple it is to make my favorite dishes myself.”—KEVIN KWAN, author of Crazy Rich Asians
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Everyone knows the famous trio of Chinese takeout soups: wonton soup, hot and sour soup, and egg drop soup. One that often is forgotten is this comforting Chicken Corn Soup! It's a Chinese egg drop soup recipe with juicy chunks of chicken and sweet corn. Make it in under 30 mins! Bill also provides some fantastic tips on thickening Chinese soups and getting the perfect "egg drop"! Full recipe here! https://thewoksoflife.com/chicken-corn-egg-drop-soup/ 0:00 Intro 0:54 What corn to use 1:13: Chicken Corn Soup recipe overview 1:51 Prep the corn 2:07 Kaitlin's trick for cutting corn off the cob 3:43 Cut and velvet the chicken 6:18 Prep the eggs 7:05 Prep the cornstarch slurry 8:56 How to cook Chicken Corn Soup 9:22 Seasonings 12:27 Tips for how to "egg drop" soup 15:16 The final Chicken Corn Soup 16:07 Taste test 17:52 Blooper :) Thanks for watching! - Bill, Judy, Sarah, and Kaitlin ❤️👨👩👧👧 Check out our NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING cookbook: https://thewoksoflife.com/the-woks-of-life-cookbook-now-available/ For all of your questions on Chinese ingredients: https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-ingredients-glossary/ For more tips on Chinese cooking methods: https://thewoksoflife.com/category/how-to/cooking-methods/ For The Woks of Life's complete wok guide: https://thewoksoflife.com/wok-guide/ Thinking of buying a wok? These are the best! https://thewoksoflife.com/best-wok-to-buy/ Got questions on how to maintain your wok? (See here if you have a rusty wok!) https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-season-a-wok/ Stay connected! https://www.instagram.com/thewoksoflife https://www.pinterest.com/thewoksoflife1/ https://www.facebook.com/thewoksoflife/ Music: epidemicsound.com
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