文昌鸡 (Wénchāngjī) · Wenchang chicken, Wenchang chicken (breed)

Measure Word

一只文昌鸡 zhī

Meanings

1 Wenchang chicken
2 Wenchang chicken (breed)

Made with

About the dish

A Hainan chicken poached or steamed whole, cooled and chopped into pieces on the bone, served at room temperature with a dip of ginger, garlic and lime juice. The skin is thin, the meat tender and plain.

Characters

文

wén

writing, culture (place name 文昌)

昌

chāng

flourishing (place name 文昌)

鸡

jī

chicken

Examples

HSK 3

到了海南一定要尝尝文昌鸡。

Dào le Hǎinán yídìng yào chángchang Wénchāngjī.

When you go to Hainan you absolutely have to try Wenchang chicken.

HSK 7-9

正宗的文昌鸡皮薄肉嫩，蘸姜蓉最香。

Zhèngzōng de Wénchāngjī pí báo ròu nèn, zhàn jiāngróng zuì xiāng.

Authentic Wenchang chicken has thin skin and tender meat, and is most fragrant dipped in ginger sauce.

Tips

culture

One of Hainan's 四大名菜 (Four Great Dishes of Hainan), alongside 加积鸭, 和乐蟹, and 东山羊. The chicken breed is raised in 文昌市 on banyan fruit and peanut bran, which gives the meat its fatty, yellow skin. Traditionally prepared by poaching whole (白切) and served cold with a ginger-scallion dip.

history

The ancestor of Singapore/Malaysia's Hainanese chicken rice (海南鸡饭) - carried overseas by Wenchang migrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.