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Yakhni samgyetang
Yakhni samgyetang, from above
Non vegKashmir x Korea

Yakhni samgyetang

Kashmiri yakhni spices meet a Korean chicken and rice soup. Fennel and garlic, slow and gentle.

90 minTime
47 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
558kcalsame
47 gproteinsame
4 gfibresame
90minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)900 g bone in pieces
Glutinous rice (sweet rice)⅔ cup, soaked 1 hour
Water8½ cups
Garlic12 whole cloves, peeled
Ginger5 cm piece, sliced
Fennel seeds2 tsp
Dry ginger powder (ground ginger)1 tsp
Whole spices2 bay leaves, 4 green cardamom, 2 black cardamom, 4 cloves, 1 cinnamon stick
Black pepper1 tsp whole
Saltto taste
Chestnuts, peeled6, peeled
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3, sliced
Mint leavesa few leaves
Ghee2 tsp

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Tie the fennel, whole spices and pepper in a muslin cloth or tea strainer.
  2. 2Put the chicken in a large pot with the water and bring to a boil on high heat. Skim off the foam for 3 minutes.
  3. 3Add the spice bundle, garlic, ginger, dry ginger and chestnuts. Simmer on low heat, partly covered, 40 minutes.
  4. 4Add the drained rice and salt. Simmer 20 minutes more, stirring now and then, until the rice is soft and the chicken has no pink near the bone.
  5. 5Remove the spice bundle. Warm the ghee and pour over the soup, then add spring onion and torn mint.
  6. 6Serve each bowl with a small dish of salt mixed with crushed pepper and roasted fennel for dipping the chicken.
Serve it like this

Serve in a deep clay or white bowl with a piece of chicken rising out of the rice broth, garlic cloves around it, and spring onion and mint on top. Salt and pepper dip on the side.

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On the side Pa kimchi40 min
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To drink Kashmiri kahwa15 min
Something sweet Rasmalai mochi45 min
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