Korean Stuffed Chicken Soup With Ginseng Recipe

Korean stuffed chicken soup with ginseng (sam gae tang) is a delicious, fragrant soup that is surprisingly easy to make. In korea, it is sometimes made as a restorative when people are sick or weak like chicken soup is used in the west, but it's more traditionally eaten and enjoyed during the summer months. Koreans like to drink hot soup or stews during the summer months in an effort to fight the heat with heat. Because ginseng and ginger are also hot spices according to chinese medicine, you will sweat and detox after drinking a hot bowl of this soup on a summer day. The belief is that your body is better able to regulate itself and stay cool in the summer heat after being detoxed and rejuvenated by a bowl of sam gae tang. Because of the medicinal properties of ginseng (see below), some korean mothers give this soup to their newlywed daughters or son-in-laws.