Real Cream of Chicken & Asparagus Soup
Topic: Soup
Cream of asparagus, my father’s favorite cream soup and he usually bought ready to cook soup powder ever since he tried it. I never tried cooking fresh asparagus cream soup before, whenever we had fresh one, I will cook it different way, not a soup base. We still had some fresh asparagus left in the fridge from the Shrimp and Vegetables Guisado that I cooked before so an idea came to my mind to make it into a cream soup. I also add chicken slices, with bones to enhance the flavor.

Ingredients:
300 g chicken, sliced
10 pcs. fresh asparagus, cut into 2 inches length
3 1/2 cups chicken broth
? cup milk
? cup all purpose cream
1 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
? tsp. coriander powder
1 tsp. sugar
1/3 tsp. black pepper powder
3 tbsp. melted butter
1/3 cup grated quick melting cheese
1 egg, beaten
Salt to taste

Directions:
1. Heat butter in a pot, stir fry the chicken until lightly brown, stir in the garlic, then onions. Stir until the onions become transparent in color.
2. Add broth, coriander, sugar, salt and black pepper powder. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer until the chicken is done, add more water if desired.
3. Add the asparagus, cook until the asparagus are almost done.
4. Add milk, cream and cheese, stir and let it boil. Stir in the beaten egg and cook until the egg is done.

Serve hot.