棒棒鸡 (bàngbàngjī) · bang bang chicken

Measure Word

一份棒棒鸡 fèn

Meanings

1 bang bang chicken

Made with

鸡 jī 芝麻酱 zhīmajiàng 辣椒油 làjiāoyóu 花椒油 huājiāoyóu 黄瓜 huángguā 莴笋 wōsǔn

About the dish

川菜 Sichuan · 凉菜 Cold dish

Poached chicken, shredded or sliced, served cold over cucumber or shredded celtuce and covered in a thick sauce of sesame paste and chili oil with a little Sichuan pepper. Nutty, hot and slightly sweet.

Usually contains sesame

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Examples

HSK 7-9

夏天来一盘棒棒鸡开胃又解馋。

Xiàtiān lái yì pán bàngbàngjī kāiwèi yòu jiěchán.

A plate of bang bang chicken in summer both whets the appetite and satisfies a craving.

HSK 7-9

棒棒鸡的酱汁用到芝麻酱、红油和花椒。

Bàngbàngjī de jiàngzhī yòngdào zhīmajiàng, hóngyóu hé huājiāo.

The sauce for bang bang chicken uses sesame paste, chili oil, and Sichuan pepper.

Tips

culture

A Sichuan 凉菜 (cold dish) from the Leshan / Ya'an area. The name comes from the old street-vendor technique: after poaching the chicken, cooks laid it on a chopping block and tapped it with a wooden stick (棒棒) to loosen the fibers so the thick sesame-chili sauce could soak in. Cheap cuts, big flavor, now a nationwide deli staple.