Foods of Chungcheongnamdo province

Samgyetang(Ginseng Chicken Soup)
Samgyetang, a ginseng chicken soup, is the most common and famous health food eaten in the summer. A chicken, just enough for a single serving, is stuffed with ginseng, garlic, jujube, and sweet rice. Geumsan is a representative area for ginseng cultivation.

Yeonipbap(Cooked Rice Wrapped with Lotus Leaf)
In Buyeo, there is Gungnamji Pond constructed in Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C- A.D 660). Since this pond has been famous for lotus flowers, people of the area have cooked rice wrapped with lotus leaves.

Gulbap(Cooked Rice with Oyster)
Oyster, often called the ‘milk of sea’, is very nutritious, which has been favored in both the East and the West.
Gulbap is a representative Korean oyster cuisine. To make gulbap, cook rice with oysters and mix it with seasoning before eating.

Hodu-gwaja(Walnut Cookies)
Hodu-gwaja is a cookie shaped like a walnut. They are filled with the mushy red-bean, and taste soft and sweet.
They originated from Cheonan, but now you can find them anywhere in Korea.