Sam Gye Tang (ginseng chicken soup) Ingredients: Small chicken (Cornish hen), 2 TBS of sweet rice, a dozen cloves of garlic, green onions, several dates, and 1 or 2 small ginseng roots. 1. Wash and rinse your chicken in cold running water. 2. Soak 2 TBS of sweet rice for 1 hour. 3. Stuff the chicken with the sweet rice, a ginseng root, a few dates, and 3 or 4 cloves of garlic. Place it in a pot. 4. Pour water into the pot and boil it over high heat for 20 minutes. When it starts to boil, skim off any foam and fat that rises to the surface. Then pour in more water and boil it over medium heat for 40 minutes. 5. When it cooks properly, the chicken will be easily pulled apart by chopsticks. 6. Serve it with salt and pepper and kimchi or kaktugi.
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