脆皮鸡 (cuìpíjī) · crispy-skin chicken

Measure Word

一只脆皮鸡 zhī

Meanings

1 crispy-skin chicken

Made with

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

Chicken whose skin is glazed, dried and fried until thin and glassy, chopped into pieces on the bone and served with spiced salt. Fast-food shops use the name for breaded, deep-fried chicken over rice.

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他点了半只脆皮鸡。

Tā diǎn le bàn zhī cuìpíjī.

He ordered half a crispy-skin chicken.

HSK 6

脆皮鸡的皮又脆又香。

Cuìpíjī de pí yòu cuì yòu xiāng.

The skin of crispy-skin chicken is both crispy and fragrant.

Tips

culture

Cantonese classic. The whole chicken is scalded, coated in a vinegar-maltose solution, air-dried, then deep-fried or roasted to produce glass-like skin.