Light Corn Soup with Italian Sausage

This soup is simple but so tasty...

You can substitute Italian sausage with another sausage style or even beef or chicken.

This dish is easy to prepare and cook.

Here, I will share the recipe with you and maybe give you some ideas.

Please don't hesitate to drop me any comments or questions regarding this recipe, I need it to improve my cooking in the future. Thank you :-)

Source : my original recipe

What you need :

- 220 ounces yellow corn or about a half can corn from 450 ounces, drain

- 2 pieces Italian Sausage, diced or about 6 ounces sausage 

- 2 cup chicken broth or vegetable broth

- 1/2 cup diced sweet onion

- 1 tablespoon minced garlic

- 1 tablespoon butter, for saute

- 1 stalk green onion, thinly sliced, keep about 1/3 from the green part for garnish

- salt

- freshly ground black pepper 

- a pinch ground ginger or about 1 inch fresh ginger

- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil 

- 1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolve with 2 tablespoon of water 

- 1 egg, place into bowl then beat it 

Note : 1 US cup = 236.588237 ml

Make it :

English version

- In sauce pan, bring broth into boil, then add corn and sausage, under medium heat

- Heat butter in a skillet under medium heat.  Add and saute garlic and onion until golden brown or for another 3 minutes

- Then add ginger, saute for another 1 minute. Pour and saute gently into sauce pan with corn and sausage.

- Add green onion and sesame oil.

- Let cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Then adjust the taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.

- Add mixing cornstarch gradually, saute gently and let it simmer for another 2 minutes.

- Add beat egg, saute gently then let it simmer for another 3 minutes.

- Remove from heat then serve hot with green onion as garnish.

D3sy's Kitchen Tips :

- you can add more for the cornstarch or even skip this ingredients, this is for make the soup thicken

- if you substitute sausage with any kind of raw meat, broil it first until tender, so you get meat and broth also.

Indonesia version

- Didalam panci sup, didihkan kuah daging dan masukkan jagung dan sosis.

- Didalam wajan, panaskan mentega, tumis bawang putih + bawang bombay hingga harum.

- Tambahkan jahe, aduk selama 1 menit. Campurkan bersama sup.

- Masukkan bawang daun dan minyak wijen. Didihkan selama 10 menit. 

- Tambahkan garam dan merica sebagai perasa.

- Masukkan tepung maizena+air. Biarkan mendidih selama 2 menit.

- Masukkan kocokan telur, aduk rate. Biarkan mendidih selama 3 menit

- Angkat dari kompor, sajikan hangat bersama sai potongan bawang daun.

Preparation : 5 minutes

Cooking : 20 minutes

Servings : 2 medium bowls