About this dish
A whole young chicken stuffed with ginseng, rice, and jujube, simmered into a nourishing soup.
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Ingredients
🍗1 small whole chicken
🍚1/2 cup glutinous rice
🌿1 dried ginseng root
🌰4-5 jujubes
Method
Serves 21
Rinse the rice and stuff it into the chicken cavity along with ginseng, garlic, and jujubes.2
Secure the opening and place the chicken in a pot with water to cover.3
Simmer gently for about 1.5 hours until the chicken and rice are tender.4
Season with salt and pepper at the table.5
Serve hot as a whole bowl with kimchi on the side.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Samgyetang is traditionally eaten in the hottest days of summer, believed to restore energy through the principle of fighting heat with heat.
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