道口烧鸡 (Dàokǒu shāojī) · Daokou braised chicken

Measure Word

一只道口烧鸡 zhī

Meanings

1 Daokou braised chicken

Made with

鸡 jī 陈皮 chénpí 桂皮 guìpí 豆蔻 dòukòu 南姜 nánjiāng 白芷 báizhǐ

About the dish

豫菜 Henan · 凉菜 Cold dish

A whole chicken, briefly fried and then simmered in a spiced brown stock until the meat falls off the bone. Sold whole as a deli item and eaten cold or warm, pulled apart by hand.

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

道口烧鸡是河南的特产。

Dàokǒu shāojī shì Hénán de tèchǎn.

Daokou braised chicken is a specialty of Henan.

HSK 5

火车上常有人卖道口烧鸡。

Huǒchē shàng cháng yǒu rén mài Dàokǒu shāojī.

People often sell Daokou chicken on trains.

Tips

culture

Specialty of Daokou Town in Hua County, Henan. A Qing-dynasty recipe from the 张 family: the bird is shaped into an arc, fried, then slow-braised in a spiced master stock so the meat pulls off the bone.