If you have some leftover roast chicken, shred the cooked chicken and make this Chinese chicken and sweetcorn soup.


 

What do you do with your leftover roast chicken?

What I like to do with my leftover roast chicken is to shred it and make a sandwich filling with it.
Add some mayo, and hot chili sauce, and mix them up for a good hearty sandwich.

A Coronation Chicken sandwich would be delicious too.

Cooking Chicken and sweetcorn soup using fresh chicken or leftover roast chicken is one of my family favorites.

How to cook sweetcorn and leftover roast chicken soup?

A list of ingredients and methodology can be found in the recipe card below.

I will take you through the step-by-step on how to cook sweetcorn soup using leftover chicken.

Step 1: leftover roast chicken

Shred chicken to bite-size (whatever size you prefer)

Step 2: Instant chicken stock

Add 2 1/2 cups of water to a pot


Add 1 cube chicken stock.


Add a thumb-size ginger.
Smash the ginger with the back of a ladle.


Bring the chicken stock to a boil.

Step 3: Add creamed corn

Add creamed corn


Add salt


Add ground white pepper

Step 4: Add chicken

Add shredded roast chicken.
Bring the soup to a boil.

Step 5: Add egg

Lightly beat an egg and drizzle over the hot soup.
Bring to a boil again.

Step 6: Cornflour slurry

Add cornflour slurry to thicken the soup and make the soup smooth and silky.

Step 7: Garnish and serve

Ladle the chicken and sweetcorn soup into a soup bowl


Garnish with some corn


Garnish with some spring onion


Drizzle with some sesame oil.

FAQ on Chicken sweetcorn soup

Can I use fresh chicken instead of roast chicken?

Absolutely, you can refer to my previous post on Chicken and Sweetcorn soup.
Do note that you have to pre-boil the chicken before cooking the soup.

How long can I keep the soup for?

You can keep the soup in the refrigerator for at least 3 days.

How do I heat up the soup?

You can heat up the soup on the stove or in the microwave oven.

Why does my chicken and sweetcorn soup become runny and not as thick when I heat the soup up?

The cornflour slurry that was used as a thickening agent, changes its consistency during the heating process.
Therefore you can make the slurry again (a smaller amount, like 1 teaspoon of cornflour to 1 tablespoon of water ratio)

Bring the soup to boil again.

Video on How to cook Sweetcorn soup using leftover roast chicken.