Ginseng Chicken Soup (Samgyetang:삼계탕)
English name: Ginseng chicken soup
Korean name: 삼계탕
Romanized: Samgyetang
Also Romanized as: sam gye tang
Ingredients
2 cornish hens. Each hen weighs about 1½ pounds, a nice portion for 1 person.
½ cup short grain rice (or glutinous rice), rinsed and soaked in cold water for 1 hour.
2 fresh ginseng roots, washed
2 large dried jujubes, washed
16 garlic cloves, washed and the tips are removed
2 to 3 green onions, chopped
salt
ground black pepper
For the sesame dipping sauce:
1 to 2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sesame seeds
a pinch of ground black pepper
1 to 2 tablespoons sesame oil
For sweet sour soy dipping sauce:
3 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 teaspoon honey (or sugar)
½ a medium size onion, cut into chunks
1 Jalapeno (or green chili pepper), chopped
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