东安子鸡, photo 1 of 2
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Photo credit

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Dong'an Chicken at Makai Restaurant, Changchunjie (20221025172036)
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Photo credit

Photo
Dong'an Chicken at Makai Restaurant, Gulou (20220729165115)
By
N509FZ
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wikimedia Commons
Changes
Cropped and resized

东安子鸡

東安子雞
Dōng'ān zǐjī
Also on menus as 东安鸡
noun Hot

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Dong'an chicken

About the dish

湘菜 Hunan · 热菜 Hot dish

Young chicken poached, cut into boneless strips and stir-fried with vinegar, ginger, dried chili and Sichuan pepper. Tender, sour and hot. A Hunan dish.

Examples

HSK 6
Zuò Dōng'ān zǐjī, yào xiān bǎ jī zhǔ yíxià, zài qiēchéng tiáo chǎo.
To make Dong'an chicken, first cook the chicken briefly in boiling water, then cut it into strips and stir-fry it.
HSK 7-9
Dōng'ān zǐjī yòu suān yòu là, jīròu hěn nèn.
Dong'an chicken is both sour and spicy, and the meat is very tender.

Tips

usage
子鸡 is a young chicken, tender enough to need only short cooking. 东安 is a county in southern Hunan.

Stroke Order

东 dōng
安 ān
子 zǐ
鸡 jī