白切鸡 (báiqiējī) · white-cut chicken, poached chicken

Measure Word

一只白切鸡 zhī

Meanings

1 white-cut chicken
2 poached chicken

Made with

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 凉菜 Cold dish

A whole chicken poached gently, cooled and chopped into pieces on the bone, served cold or at room temperature with a ginger and scallion dip or soy sauce. The meat is plain and silky and may be pink near the bone.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

广东人过节爱吃白切鸡。

Guǎngdōng rén guòjié ài chī báiqiējī.

People in Guangdong love eating white-cut chicken at festivals.

HSK 7-9

这只白切鸡皮爽肉滑。

Zhè zhī báiqiējī pí shuǎng ròu huá.

This white-cut chicken has crisp skin and silky meat.

Tips

usage

白切鸡 and 白斩鸡 are essentially the same dish, a Cantonese whole chicken poached in lightly seasoned water, chilled, and chopped for dipping in ginger-scallion oil or soy. 白切 emphasizes the cutting step; 白斩 emphasizes the chopping. 白切鸡 is more common in Guangdong, 白斩鸡 in Shanghai and Zhejiang.