Korean Restaurant: Korean Receipe
Samgyetang Recipe
Samgyetang is famous as a summer- vitalizing food for natives and is justly popular among foreigners visiting Korea. Our ancestors used to gather under the shade of the tree or sit around the river and eat samgyetang in order to nurture their minds and protect their bodies from the summer heat.
Ingredients:
Sauce:
- Four young chickens (2kg)
- Sweet rice, 1 3/4 cups (280g)
- Undried ginseng, 8 medium-size roots (180g)
- Green onion, 1 stem (20g)
- Water, 30 cups (6L)
Sauce:
- Garlic, 12 cloves (80g)
- Chinese dates, 12 (20g)
- Salt, 3 Tbsp (45g)
- Pepper, 1 tsp (7g)
Instructions:
Wash chicken well and remove internal organs, if not already removed.Wash sweet rice and soak in water for two hours. Garlic and Chinese date are used whole. Wash undried ginseng and slice green onion.
Stuff sweet rice, garlic, Chinese date, undried ginseng into belly of the chicken.
Cross and tie with string the chicken's legs to retain the stuffed ingredients inside.
Do same with three remaining chickens.
Put chickens in the pot and boil in water for 40-45 minutes until the broth appears white.
Sprinkle salt, pepper and green onion.
Serves four.
Cooking Tip
Make sure the rice is thoroughly cooked in the chicken's belly before serving.




