Samgyetang ìâ¼ê³âÃÆâ¢ is a chicken soup made with a small, whole chicken and ginseng. Itââ¬â¢s an iconic summer dish in Korea. As strange as it sounds, we Koreans eat this boiling hot soup to beat the heat and stay energized during the summer. Itââ¬â¢s especially popular on sambok days which are 3 distinct days based on the lunar calendar ââ¬â chobok beginning, jungbok middle and malbok end ââ¬â that mark the hottest summer period. As the Korean saying goes, eating the hot soup is ââ¬Åfighting the heat with heat.ââ¬Â In my house, itââ¬â¢s a nourishing, comfort food which we enjoy all year around.
 
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