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金钱鸡

金錢雞
jīnqiánjī
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一串金钱鸡 chuàn

Meanings

  1. 1 gold coin chicken

About the dish

粤菜 Cantonese · 热菜 Hot dish

Round slices of chicken liver, pork fat and lean pork threaded on a skewer and roasted with char siu sauce and honey. Sweet, rich and fatty. There is no chicken meat in it. An old-style Cantonese roast meat.

Examples

HSK 6
金钱鸡是把鸡肝、肥肉和叉烧切成圆片，穿在一起烤的。
Jīnqiánjī shì bǎ jīgān, féiròu hé chāshāo qiēchéng yuán piàn, chuān zài yìqǐ kǎo de.
Gold coin chicken is chicken liver, pork fat and barbecued pork cut into round slices, threaded together and roasted.
HSK 7-9
现在广州的烧腊店里已经很少能买到金钱鸡了。
Xiànzài Guǎngzhōu de shāolà diàn lǐ yǐjing hěn shǎo néng mǎidào jīnqiánjī le.
These days few roast meat shops in Guangzhou still sell gold coin chicken.

Tips

usage
There is no chicken meat in it, only chicken liver. The name comes from the coin shape of the slices.

Stroke Order

金 jīn
钱 qián
鸡 jī