Korean Chicken & Ginseng Soup 삼계탕
In the Carolinas, it will literally be sunny and 70 one day then icy and chilly the next. A few weeks ago, it felt like Spring and the very next day it snowed-true story. On those select chilly days, there’s nothing quite like this Korean chicken & ginseng soup. It possesses restorative properties and comforts and nourishes like nothing else.
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Korean Chicken & Ginseng Soup
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Author: The Squishy Monster
Serves: 2 Servings
Ingredients
- 1 cornish hen
- ½ c sweet rice
- 2 dried ginseng
- 3 chestnuts
- 4 red dates {jujubes}
- Water
- 1 chopped green onion
- Optional: stock, garlic, and onions
Instructions
- Soak the sweet rice, ginseng, chestnuts and dates for about an hour.
- Clean/rinse/trim your cornish hen.
- Fill the hen with the soaked/drained ingredients.
- Close up the hen and tie up the legs (if you’d like).
- Tuck the hen into a small/medium pot and cover with water and put in any leftover rice, ginseng, chestnuts or dates.
- Simmer for one hour. Half way in, rotate the hen and cover with more water if necessary.
- Garnish with green onions before serving.
Love,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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삼계탕!!! Ahh I love this stuff, although only had it a handful of times in Korea. The last time I ate it was in Gwangju, and it was soooo good. I’m not the biggest fan of ginseng, but I can cope with it in this. Such a great food for winter, or for when you’re feeling sick.
That looks so LOVELY and delicious Angie!Great sup for the kind of weather we are having now!Love that color on your nails! So Angie! Have a great week end!
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Les.
G’day Angela! Love the combination of healthiness, true!
GREAT photo and wish I could try some right now as is cold, rainy too!
Cheers! Joanne
Sounds ideal for the cold weather
looks good but where did u get starter kit from?
this soup looks delicious!! I sure wish I had a bowl of this right now in this snowy weather! I’m going to try this for lunch today but I hope I can find that kit in the market.
I’m all about soup right now so this is perfect!
A really warming and nourishing soup, Angie. I would love one large bowl now
um ok, so i just bookmarked this given my hubby just said he wanted sam gae tang (one of the korean recipies i have NEVER made before) Thank you SO Much for posting this. i’ll message u after i make it and let you know what we thought!!!! thank you!
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We are expecting low single digit temperature, a bowl of your soup would be most comforting.
Sounds amazing!
Thank you, Miranda!
I wish I could beam some to you, Star Trek style =)
Thank you, hope oppa enjoys it!
Pops devoured it to the bone!
Thanks, Pam!
I’m hoping that since it’s so cold here, we’ll actually see some snow too–that would surely soften the blow.
Hey Brain! I got mine at my local Asian market but you can find it individually in some health food markets in the bulk bin sections and definitely online =)
My mittens and some Korean soup, allllls I need =)
I’ve got Spring in my minds eye and the soup train is helping me ease into the coooold weather =)
Thank you, Les…smiles for ya!
You could def. just sub with garlic (I’m hearing that it’s also difficult to find)…it’s got great energizing qualities to it if you’re eating it for the benefits =)
Hi Angela, I definitely love your comfort soup… so healthy and nutrition.
Thank you, Amelia…glad the site got figured out! =)
Thanks for sharing your recipe. I cooked a pot and turned out very delicious. Don’t have chestnut so did without it. I cooked it in the thermo pot to shorten the cooking time.