Corn crab soup is a dish found in Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine

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, American Chinese cuisine

American Chinese cuisine

American Chinese cuisine refers to the style of food served by many Chinese restaurants in the United States. This type of cooking typically caters to Western tastes, and differs significantly from the original Chinese cuisine.-History:...

, and Canadian Chinese cuisine

Canadian Chinese cuisine

Canadian Chinese cuisine is a popular style of cooking exclusive to take-out and dine-in eateries found across Canada. It was the first form of commercially available Chinese food available in Canada. This cooking style was invented by early Cantonese immigrants who adapted traditional Chinese...

. The soup is actually cream of corn soup with egg white

Egg white

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 and crab meat

Crab meat

Crab meat or Crabmeat is the meat found within a crab. It is used in many cuisines across the world, prized for its soft, delicate taste. Brown crab , blue crabs , blue swimming crabs , red swimming crabs are among the most commercially available species of crabmeat globally.-Grades:In Western...

 or imitation crab meat

Surimi

Surimi is a Japanese loan word referring to a fish-based food product that has been pulverized to a thick paste and has the property of a dense and rubbery food item when cooked...

 added. It is most likely of southern Chinese origin.

Etymology

The soup may also be called crab meat and corn soup, sweet corn soup with crab meat, corn soup with crab meat, crab meat with sweet corn soup, or crab meat cream corn soup.

Regional

This soup is found in Chinese restaurants in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and some Southeast Asian nations such as Singapore

Singapore

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, Malaysia, Indonesia

Indonesia

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, the Philippines

Philippines

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, and Thailand

Thailand

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. It is particularly popular in Hakka-speaking regions of southern China and Taiwan. It is also popular in Chinese takeout

Take-out

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 restaurants in the United States

United States

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, Canada

Canada

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,Europe

Europe

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, and Japan

Japan

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. In the Philippines it is called sopang mais.

The soup may be derived from tofu-crab soup, a soup also found in restaurants in North America

North America

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