ManCöeng chicken / 文昌雞


ManCöeng chicken after cooking, before being cut into pieces.

ManCöeng chicken (simplified Chinese: 文昌鸡; traditional Chinese: 文昌雞; pinyin: Wénchāng Jī), is a type of chicken and a chicken dish from the ManCöeng city area in Hainan.

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1 The chicken
2 The dish
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
[edit] The chicken

This variety of small, fleshy[1] free-range chicken is fed coconut and peanut bran. During the last two months before going to market, they are kept in coops above the ground.[1]

[edit] The dish

Wenchang chicken is known throughout the province of Hainan. Although there are many varieties of this dish, it is normally boiled and then cut into pieces. It is then eaten by dipping the pieces in a mixture of spices including chopped ginger and salt.[1] The skin of Wenchang chicken is typically yellow, with an oily appearance,[2] although the meat is somewhat drier and has more texture than battery chickens. This dish is also popular in mainland China, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other Southeast Asian countries.[1]

[edit] See also

Food portal
Hainanese chicken rice
Hainan cuisine
[edit] References

^ a b c d "Hainan Four Best Known Dishes-Wenchang Chicken—Hainan Cuisine -Sunny Hainan Holiday |Hainan Tourism official website". Hainantour.com. 2009-04-13. http://www.hainantour.com/en/en_sub/en_ ... rticleID=1. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
^ "Wenchang Chicken - China culture". Kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com. 2010-02-20. http://kaleidoscope.cultural-china.com/ ... e4547.html. Retrieved 2010-07-30.

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