Samgye-tang (???; ???) or ginseng chicken soup, meaning ginseng (kor. sam) - chicken (kor. gye) - soup (kor. tang) in Korean, consists primarily of a whole young chicken (poussin) - filled with garlic, rice, jujube, and ginseng.
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Samgyetang is a warm soup for hot summer days. It is especially popular to eat this chicken soup on sambok (??) days, which are three distinct days of the lunar calendar--Chobok (??), Jungbok (??), and Malbok (??)--commonly among the hottest and most sultry summer days in Korea. Eating samgyetang on these days is believed to promote health.
Some specialty restaurants in South Korea serve nothing but samgyetang, having gained local popularity through their special recipes for the dish, which are often kept as secrets. The dish is sometimes accompanied by a small complimentary bottle of insam-ju (ginseng wine) in certain restaurants.
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In Cantonese, it is translated as yan sum gai tong. In Chinese culture, similar to Korean culture, this soup is believed to prevent illness. The one main difference is that in Chinese culture, ginseng is not consumed when one is sick because the ginseng is believed to trap the sickness within the person.
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See also
- Baeksuk
- Dak-bokkeum-tang
- Ori-tang
- List of chicken dishes
- List of soups
- List of Korean dishes
References
External links
- Kim Yeong-bok (???) / Yeo Gyeong-mo (???) (2007-07-12). "Samgyetang Story 1 (??? ??? (?))" (in Korean). idomin.com.
- Kim Yeong-bok (???) / Yeo Gyeong-mo (???) (2007-07-26). "Samgyetang Story 2 (??? ??? (?))" (in Korean). idomin.com.
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