Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup). Samgyetang is a chicken soup made by stuffing a young chicken cavity with glutinous rice, ginseng, jujubes and garlic, then simmering it for a long time. In Korea, there are three traditional hottest days (Sambok) in the summer. People have Samgyetang on those hottest days to overcome the hot weather.

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