白切鸡 (Bai Qie Ji)

白切鸡 (Bai Qie Ji)

白切鸡 (buy chyeh jee)

White Cut Chicken

Prep Time 60 minutes
📈 Difficulty Medium
👥 Servings
4

A Cantonese classic of gently poached whole chicken served at room temperature with silky, barely-set flesh and a ginger-scallion oil dipping sauce. The ultimate test of chicken quality.

Nutrition & Info

349 kcal per serving
Protein 20.2g
Carbs 33.0g
Fat 14.9g
Protein Carbs Fat

Dietary

gluten-free

Instructions

  1. 1

    Bring a large pot of water to a boil with ginger, scallions, and wine.

  2. 2

    Submerge the chicken, return to a boil, then turn off heat and cover.

  3. 3

    Let chicken steep for forty-five minutes in the residual heat.

  4. 4

    Plunge into ice water for fifteen minutes to set the skin.

  5. 5

    Chop into pieces and serve with ginger-scallion oil sauce.

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Did You Know?

A perfectly cooked white cut chicken should have a thin line of pink along the bone, showing it was cooked gently by residual heat.

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