Ingredients:
Small chicken (Cornish hen), 1/4 cup of sweet rice, a dozen cloves of garlic, green onions, a few jujubes, and 1 or 2 small ginseng roots.
- Wash and rinse your chicken in cold running water.
- Soak 1/4 cup of sweet rice for 1 hour.
- Stuff the chicken with the sweet rice, a ginseng root, a few jujubes, and 3-4 cloves of garlic. Place it in a pot.
- Pour water into the pot and boil it over high heat for 20 minutes. When it starts boiling, 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.
- When it cooks properly, the chicken will be easily pulled apart by chopsticks.
- Serve it with salt and pepper and kimchi or kaktugi.
what is jujubes …really…and i live in hawaii but i cannot find jujubes or fresh ginseng…and good substitutes
Here it is! http://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/jujubes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujube
Skip jujubes if they are not available there. Without ginseng, you still can make ginseng chicken soup. Check my dakjuk recipe. Dakjuk is chicken porridge. http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dakjuk
yay! thank you…oh and i found jujube ..they are red dates..they sell them at Palama Market in Honolulu. I going to China Town to find ginseng next time.. for now i will make it with ginger ..thanks i love cooking Maangchi style
wonderful news! jujube, where have you been! : )
Maangchi,
Can we stuff the chicken with other ingredients beside rice? Also, is the jujubes a must or is there an alternative? I don’t think i can find jujubes here.
“Can we stuff the chicken with other ingredients beside rice?”: why not?
Jujube is optional. Skip it if it’s not available in your area.
a few things,
1. everything you make is so good! the recipies I have made after you are always delicious and I thank you!
2. I know this song you used, and I think you should let us know what song you play in the background of your videos, you always pick such good music, and I am always wondering what the songs are! lol
I’m very happy that you like my recipes!
Check this out. I posted all the titles of songs for the recipes here:
http://www.maangchi.com/about/music
I will probably post the recipes without music from now on because of copyright law.
Thank you!
Nooooooooooo!We need the music!:D:D:D
Hello! I have a question with the rice. Do I have to use only sweet rice?
or can I use regular rice also?? and does it have to be cooked before to soak in the water?
Hi, Julia,
no, you can use short grain rice, too. Yes, you will have to soak rice before stuffing in the chicken.
Maangchi,
Hello! My husband and I have been looking over you website for the last couple of weeks. We are currently living in Seoul but are going to be heading back in a few months. I wanted to start learning how to cook Korean food while I am here so we can eat it back in the states. We already tried cooking Daegujeon, Dubu buchim yangnyumjang, Japchae, and Kimchi chigae. Everything has turned out great. Tonight we are going to try cooking samgyetang since it is so cold outside right now. We are both excited. Thank you for all of the work you have put into this website. It will be a life saver when we move back to the U.S..
Kim
it looks sooo juiciee!~ i luv ur recipes ^_^