Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 4 large shallots, minced
- Salt
- 10 ears of corn, shucked and kernels cut from the cobs
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 3 cups plus 2 tablespoons chicken stock or low-sodium broth
- 6 paper-thin slices of country ham or prosciutto, cut into thin strips
- 2 large eggs
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- 6 ounces lump crabmeat, picked over
- Chile oil, for drizzling
Description
"Every Chinese-American Restaurant Used To Serve This Soup," Andrea Reusing Says. "It's A Very 1970s Thing To Me." While Many Versions Are Thickened With Cornstarch, She Adds An Egg To Enhance Its Custardy Texture.

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