Which Korean soup is made with chicken and ginseng, popular in summer?

The Korean soup made with chicken and ginseng, especially popular in summer, is samgyetang.

Samgyetang is prepared by stuffing a small whole chicken with glutinous rice, ginseng, garlic, and often dried jujube before simmering it in broth. The result is a nourishing soup traditionally associated with restoring energy.

Its summer reputation comes from sambok, three especially hot days in the Korean lunar calendar. Eating hot, nutrient-rich food during this period reflects the Korean idea of balancing the body’s energy through food. Samgyetang is sometimes confused with baeksuk, another boiled-chicken dish; samgyetang is distinguished by its ginseng and stuffed young chicken. The dish became commercially popular in Korea during the mid-20th century.