Samgye-tang

Samgye-tang (삼계탕; 蔘鷄湯) or ginseng chicken soup,[1] 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.[3] Samgye-tang is a Korean traditional soup for body health.

Samgyetang (삼계탕), one of the most popular Korean cuisine dishes.
Samgye-tang
Alternative namesGinseng chicken soup
TypeTang
Place of originKorea
Serving temperatureHot or Warm
Main ingredientsChicken, ginseng
Ingredients generally usedJujube, glutinous rice
Korean name
Hangul
삼계탕
Hanja
蔘鷄湯
Revised Romanizationsamgye-tang[1][2]
McCune–Reischauersamgye-t'ang
IPA[sam.ɡje̞.tʰaŋ]

Custom

Samgyetang is a warm soup for hot summer days. It is especially popular to eat this chicken soup on sambok (삼복) days, which are three distinct days of the lunar calendar—Chobok (초복), Jungbok (중복), and Malbok (말복)—commonly among the hottest and most sultry summer days in Korea.[3][4] 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.[5][6]

  • Samgye-tang (closeup)
  • Samgyetang
  • Samgyetang
  • Samgyetang with kimchi and insam-ju (ginseng wine)
  • Ogolgye samgyetang

See also

References
  1. (in Korean) "주요 한식명(200개) 로마자 표기 및 번역(영, 중, 일) 표준안" [Standardized Romanizations and Translations (English, Chinese, and Japanese) of (200) Major Korean Dishes] (PDF). National Institute of Korean Language. 2014-07-30. Retrieved 2017-02-16. Lay summary.
  2. "삼계탕". National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. Hyosun Ro. "Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)". Korean Bapsang. Retrieved 2014-12-25.
  4. (in Korean) Boknal Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
  5. (in Korean) Taste, this taste, Sports Khan, 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  6. (in Korean) Nutritious foods of summer and wine, Maekyung, 2009-07-07.Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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