Samgyetang (Chicken Soup with Ginseng)

A Cornish hen is stuffed with glutinous rice, ginseng root, red dates, and chestnuts in this invigorating Korean soup known as samgyetang.

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1/2 cup glutinous rice (chapssal)

3 chestnuts (bam)

2 pieces ginseng root (insam)

2 dried Korean dates (daechu)

1 Cornish hen, giblets removed

8 cups water

4 cloves garlic, or more to taste

2 green onions, diced

1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste

Soak rice in a bowl of water for 30 minutes. Drain.

Stuff drained rice, chestnuts, ginseng root, and dates into the hen. Sew up the cavity with cotton kitchen twine. Place hen in a large pot and pour in 8 cups water. Add garlic cloves.

Bring water to a boil; simmer over medium heat, skimming off any scum that rises to the surface, until hen is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 40 minutes.

Stir green onions into the pot; simmer until hen is very tender, about 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Season with salt and pepper.

Samgyetang (Chicken Soup with Ginseng)

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