How to pronounce Samgye-tang

Samgye-tang is written 삼계탕 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /sam.ɡje.tʰaŋ/. In plain English letters that is SAHM-gyeh-tahng, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Samgye-tang?

Samgye-tang is a soup or stew of South Korea. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are chicken and rice. It tastes savory and fresh.

Where Samgye-tang comes from

Samgye-tang is one of 45 signature dishes of South Korea on this map.

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  Bulgogi, "fire meat", is thin slices of meat, usually beef sirloin or rib eye, marinated in soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil and garlic, often with pureed pear, then grilled over a barbecue or on a griddle; at home it is often stir-fried.

• Japchae 잡채 · Noodles & pasta · South Korea

  Japchae is a savoury and slightly sweet dish of glass noodles made from sweet potato starch, stir-fried with vegetables, meat and mushrooms, seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil and finished with sesame seeds.

• Gimbap 김밥 · Rice dish · South Korea

  Gimbap, "seaweed rice", is rice seasoned with sesame oil and salt, rolled in sheets of dried laver with fillings such as spinach, pickled radish, carrot, egg, burdock, ham and fish cake, then cut into bite-size slices.

• Samgyeopsal 삼겹살 · Main dish · South Korea

  Samgyeopsal, "three-layer meat", is thick slices of pork belly grilled at the table, usually without marinade.

• Korean fried chicken 치킨 · Street food · South Korea

  Korean fried chicken, called chikin, is a family of fried chicken dishes created in South Korea, from plain huraideu (fried) chicken to sweet and spicy yangnyeom chicken.

• Kimchi 김치 · Snack · Korean peninsula

  Koreans have salted vegetables for winter for well over a thousand years, but the red kimchi most people picture is younger: chilli peppers only reached Korea from the Americas around the 16th or 17th century.

Food of South Korea

Dishes like Samgye-tang in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Samgye-tang:

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• Cock-a-leekie · Soup & stew · Scotland, United Kingdom

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