Samgyetang

Samgyetang, "a bowl of boiled young chicken with ginseng, sticky rice, jujube, chestnuts and garlic," one of my favorite Korean dishes, is celebrated in this article — Celebrating the lowly chicken as searing summer heat sets in. Some mouth-watering excerpts:

Many Koreans attempt to survive the summer heat with a bowl or two of samgyetang, which essentially is a whole chicken boiled and served in ginseng broth.

It might sound odd to eat such a sizzling soup amid the searing heat. Most people would probably prefer, say, ice cream or something mind-numbingly cold. But samgyetang is said to give you the energy, strength and health you need to endure the heat, replacing the nutrients you sweat out under the blazing sun.

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The popularity of chicken in the summer revolves around its nutritional qualities, which are said to provide the energy you need to beat the heat. Traditional Korean medicine handbooks like “Dongeuibogam” and “Bonchogangmok” were among the first here to detail the benefits of chicken dishes. The latter describes chickens as good for restoring health, while the former writes that chickens “replenish a weakened body and strengthen a women’s body after birth.”