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!
Wah...eat herbal soup, makes you strong like a lion wor....!!! Sure somebody very happy! Hahahahahaha!!!
ReplyDeleteI 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!
ReplyDeletewah..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!
ReplyDeleteI'm totally "foreign" to this dish =P
ReplyDeletemust be good tasting though =)
happy weekend pete!
STP : Sure lion stronger ah? Rabbit better leh...ha ha ha!
ReplyDeleteMei 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!
ya, korean ginseng soup is good for blood circulation..
ReplyDeleteI love chicken.
ReplyDeleteWenn: Agree, it can make us sweat a lot too!
ReplyDeleteMJ : Cooked in all type of dishes?
using chicken,a flavor of a dish get better,ithink(^▽^)soup is good i think
ReplyDelete1 bird means one whole chicken? =)
ReplyDeletehahahaha, i am sure it is nutritious!!!(^^)
ReplyDeleteMJ : Yum, yum ,chicken makes the soup sweet naturally!
ReplyDeleteSJ : 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!