盐焗鸡 (yánjújī) · salt-baked chicken

Meanings

1 salt-baked chicken

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About the dish

Whole chicken rubbed with salt and sand ginger or a ready-made spice powder, wrapped in paper and baked buried in hot salt, then chopped on the bone or torn into shreds. Golden skin and salty, tender meat. A Hakka dish.

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

盐焗鸡的皮特别香。

Yánjújī de pí tèbié xiāng.

The skin of salt-baked chicken is especially fragrant.

HSK 7-9

这家客家餐厅的盐焗鸡非常正宗。

Zhè jiā Kèjiā cāntīng de yánjújī fēicháng zhèngzōng.

This Hakka restaurant's salt-baked chicken is very authentic.

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culture

A signature Hakka (客家) dish from eastern Guangdong: a whole chicken wrapped in paper and buried in hot coarse salt until slow-cooked through. Results in intensely savory, tender meat with crisp skin.