Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup (Samgyetang)

Posted on 24. Sep, 2010 by grace in Healthy Asian, Korean, Soup

This is a one-of a kind traditional Korean soup. It originated in royal and upper-class kitchens. In recent years, as ginseng has become more widely available, many restaurants have begun serving it under the name “samgyetang.” Revered as medicinal soup, there are many specialty houses where it is the sole item on the menu. Traditionally, each whole spring chicken is boiled in its own clay pot, then is served, boiling hot, directly from the hissing flames to the table.

Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup (Samgyetang)

By Hisoo Shin Hepinstall, Growing up in a Korean Kitchen: A Cookbook

Following the traditional rule that this dish be made with utmost care, this recipe calls for making one portion at a time. Increase the recipe according to the number of servings.

1 ( 1½ pound) young spring whole chicken (skin removed)
or Cornish game hen
1/3 cup cooked glutinous sweet rice
2 fresh chestnuts, shelled, skinned and halved
5 pitted jujubes (Korean dates)
3 cloves garlic, peeled and slivered
2 whole 3 year old fresh ginseng roots
6 cups clear chicken stock
2 green onions, sliced into thin rings for garnish

1. Wash the chicken in cold water and pat dry with a paper towel. Form the rice into a ball and stuff it inside the cavity of the chicken. Add the chestnuts, jujubes, garlic, and ginseng roots to the cavity. Sew up the chicken with kitchen thread.

2.Place the chicken in a stockpot and add the stock. Bring it to a boil, decrease the heat to low and simmer for 1½ hours. Serve immediately with dishes of salt, freshly ground black pepper, hot red pepper powder and green onion rings. Allow each guest to adjust the seasoning.

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6 Responses to “Korean Ginseng Chicken Soup (Samgyetang)”

Harley Marshall 10 June 2010 at 2:02 pm #

I really love to eat lots of different kinds of soup specially vegetable based soups.::`
Audrey Phillips 1 August 2010 at 2:19 pm #

i love all sorts of soup but my most favorite soup is none other chicken or beef soup.:-*
Skye Hussain 28 September 2010 at 12:45 am #

i alway love the taste of chicken soup as well as oyster soup,;.
Flatware Sets 13 October 2010 at 4:15 pm #

chicken soup and beef soup are my favorite, can’t get enough of that tangy taste’;~
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