Saturday, September 12, 2009

Peteformation Korean Samgyetang – Ginseng Chicken Soup Recipe

My version of Samgyetang and the high powered Korean Ginseng that I bought in Korea!
This is one of my favourite Korean foods. Samgyetang normally uses a whole chicken but in my recipe, I used chicken pieces because I did not have a whole chicken in my fridge. Samgyetang is a very nutritious Korean food, which the main ingredients consist of whole Korean ginseng, glutinious rice, garlic, ginger and wolfberry. Sometimes dongkwai are also added to it. Samgyetang is effective to revitalise our body and replace lost energy! I have modified this dish a little bit, using whatever ingredients that is available in my fridge. The end result tasted quite near to the original Samgytang I had in Korea. Here is the recipe. Ingredients Chicken, 1 bird Korean Ginseng Powder, 1 teaspoon Wolfberry (kei chi), 1 table spoon Dongkwai, 1 pc Ginger, 1”x1”x” Garlic, 5 pcs Salt to taste Pepper, ½ teaspoon Red Dates (Ang Cho), 5 pcs Spring Onions for garnishing Put chicken in a cooking pot. Pour water over the chicken until it cover the chicken. Add more water if you want more soup. Put all the ingredients and boil for 1 hour. Serve with rice or noodles. I love to eat it with chili padi (bird eye chilli).....LOL!

12 comments:

suituapui said...

Wah...eat herbal soup, makes you strong like a lion wor....!!! Sure somebody very happy! Hahahahahaha!!!

Anonymous said...

I had korean ginseng soup when I visited Seoul a couple of years ago. It was great drinking that hot soup on a wintery cold day!

Reanaclaire said...

wah..early early morning so "poe" already? healthy yummy food, long time i didnt take tong kwai.. yr wife must be very red red healthy looking lady!

Ayie said...

I'm totally "foreign" to this dish =P

must be good tasting though =)

happy weekend pete!

Pete said...

STP : Sure lion stronger ah? Rabbit better leh...ha ha ha!

Mei Teng : Ya, agree, I like the one I had in Korea so much!

Claire : Tong Kwai cannot take too much lorr. Very heaty!

Ayie : This soup has strong herbal medicine smell, have to acquire the taste.
Happy weekend to you too!

wenn said...

ya, korean ginseng soup is good for blood circulation..

MJ said...

I love chicken.

Pete said...

Wenn: Agree, it can make us sweat a lot too!

MJ : Cooked in all type of dishes?

MJ said...

using chicken,a flavor of a dish get better,ithink(^▽^)soup is good i think

Jean said...

1 bird means one whole chicken? =)

I AM A BLOGGER said...

hahahaha, i am sure it is nutritious!!!(^^)

Pete said...

MJ : Yum, yum ,chicken makes the soup sweet naturally!

SJ : Yeah, I used a small chicken, around 1.2kg, so the meat is tender!

Xjion89 : Yup, Korean Ginseng can get you going day and night....he he he! LOL!