Samgyetang

Photo: Blackswan

Ingredients

1/2 cup glutinous rice, well rinsed

2 pieces fresh ginger

1 scallion, sliced thin

6 jujubes

2 garlic cloves, halved lengthwise

1 small chicken or cornish game hen

2 cups water

1 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted

1 teaspoon Korean sesame oil

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Mix the rice, ginseng root, scallion, 3 of the jujubes and 1 garlic clove together and stuff the mixture into the chicken; close the opening.

Pplace the chicken in a heavy pot with a lid; pot should be just larger than the chicken. Add the water, the other 3 jujubes, the other garlic clove, the sesame seeds, sesame oil and pepper. Bring to a boil uncovered, then cover pot and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 1 hour.