White cut chicken
Cantonese dish
White cut chicken or white sliced chicken (traditional Chinese: 白切雞; simplified Chinese: 白切鸡) is a type of siu mei. Unlike most other meats in the siu mei category, this particular dish is not roasted, but poached. The dish is common to the cultures of Southern China, including Guangdong, Fujian and Hong Kong. In Hawaii, this well-known dish is called cold ginger chicken.
Preparation
The chicken is salt-marinated and cooked whole in either plain hot water or chicken broth with ginger. Other variations season the cooking liquid with additional ingredients, such as the white part of the green onion, cilantro stems or star anise. When the water starts to boil, the heat is turned off, allowing the chicken to cook in the residual heat for around 30 minutes. The chicken's skin will remain nearly white in color, and the meat will be tender and juicy. The dish can be served "rare", in which the meat is cooked thoroughly but a pinkish dark red blood is secreted from the bones. This is a more traditional version of white cut chicken that is seldom served in Chinese restaurants anymore.
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