{"id":2047,"date":"2012-08-16T16:40:01","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T21:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2012-08-16T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T21:40:01","slug":"garlic-ginger-chicken-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2047","title":{"rendered":"Garlic Ginger Chicken Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago i&#8217;ve tried a korean recipe called Samgyetang , which means , Ginseng Chicken Soup . You see , ginseng is not something that is cheap , i tried the recipe and they&#8217;re delicious . The hens that i used , wasn&#8217;t the problem , the expensive stuff is the ginseng , i believed it was almost $10.00 for barely any weight there .<\/p>\n<p>So , i came up with this version of chicken soup , i can&#8217;t really say this can replace ginseng chicken soup , no , but this of course different ingredients , and different taste . Who can compare ginger and ginseng ? Even the price is like heaven and earth .. LOL . This is a great alternative for budget friendly meal . My 7 years old loves this , and american husband loves this too . And i love making it , because it&#8217;s super easy !<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Direction :\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cornish hens ( depends how many people in your family , i have 3 people in mind , so i usually buy 2 , 1 for my husband , and then my little one can share with me , but i am sure as he gets older , i will have to buy 1 just for himself )<\/p>\n<p>2 garlic cloves for each cornish hens<\/p>\n<p>1 dried date for each cornish hens<\/p>\n<p>1 inch of ginger for each cornish hens<\/p>\n<p>About 1\/4 cup of rice ( or sweet rice whatever you want ) for each cornish hens<\/p>\n<p>1. Wash and pat dry the cornish hens inside outside with paper towel . And then stuff the garlic , ginger , date , and rice into the cavity .<\/p>\n<p>2. Place the chicken in a pot ( i use earthen ware that i bought from korean market ) , then add water to submerge the chicken . Bring to boil , and scoop any floating bubbles \/ fat , and discard those \u00a0. Simmer for a good hour , the cornish hens should be very tender by then .<\/p>\n<p>3. Sprinkle with little sesame oil and chopped green onion . Serve warm !<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/garlic-ginger-chix-soup.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2048\" title=\"garlic ginger chix soup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/garlic-ginger-chix-soup-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/garlic-ginger-chix-soup-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/garlic-ginger-chix-soup.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago i&#8217;ve tried a korean recipe called Samgyetang , which means , Ginseng Chicken Soup . You see , ginseng is not something that is cheap , i tried the recipe and they&#8217;re delicious . The hens that i used , wasn&#8217;t the problem , the expensive stuff is the ginseng , i believed it was almost $10.00 for barely any weight there . So , i came up with this version of chicken soup , i can&#8217;t really say this can replace ginseng chicken soup , no , but this of course different ingredients , and different taste . Who can compare ginger and ginseng ? Even the price is like heaven and earth .. LOL . This is a great alternative for budget friendly meal . My 7 years old loves this , and american husband loves this too . And i love making it , because it&#8217;s super easy ! Direction :\u00a0 Cornish hens ( depends how many people in your family , i have 3 people in mind , so i usually buy 2 , 1 for my husband , and then my little one can share with me , but i am sure as he gets older , i will have to buy 1 just for himself ) 2 garlic cloves for each cornish hens 1 dried date for each cornish hens 1 inch of ginger for each cornish hens About 1\/4 cup of rice ( or sweet rice whatever you want ) for each cornish hens 1. Wash and pat dry the cornish hens inside outside with paper towel . And then stuff the garlic , ginger , date , and rice into the cavity . 2. Place the chicken in a pot ( i use earthen ware that i bought from korean market ) , then add water to submerge the chicken . Bring to boil , and scoop any floating bubbles \/ fat , and discard those \u00a0. Simmer for a good hour , the cornish hens should be very tender by then . 3. Sprinkle with little sesame oil and chopped green onion . Serve warm !<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-main-dishes","category-main-dishes-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2049,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions\/2049"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}