mmmmm. This took 90mins to make! I didn't have any creamed corn...so I decided to make my own! Delicious!Creamed Corn recipe -
1 can sweet corn
2 teaspoons sugar
1 clove of garlic
250ml water
knob of butter
tub of cream fraiche- 150ml roughly
- Melt butter in pan
- Throw in sweet corn (just the corn - no juice!), add sugar and the finely chopped garlic
- Sweat it for 10 mins on low heat
- Add water, cook for 20 more minutes, medium low heat
- Take out 2/3, whack it in a blender and add cream, till its silky smooth
- Mix the unblended 1/3 of corn into the cream
- Serve up hot or cold......OR proceed to making this chicken soup!!
Can's worth of creamed corn
2 chicken legs (thigh & drumstick)
Thumb size chunk of ginger
2 spring onion sprigs
2 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons soya sauce
1 teaspoon cornflour
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 litre water
1 chicken stock cube
- brown up the chicken legs with ginger, garlic cloves & roughly chopped spring onions for 5 minutes
- throw in the water, stock cube & 1 table spoon of soya sauce
- simmer for 30 minutes
- remove chicken legs, scrape off meat, then throw the skin & bones back into the liquid
- simmer for 30minutes
- sieve liquid
- add creamed corn & meat
- put a little water in a mug with the cornflour and stir well, before throwing that in too
- mix & simmer
- beat an egg with the sesame oil & a drop of soya sauce
- mix that into the soup
- garnish with spring onion
- ?????
- profit
