Drunken chicken

Drunken chicken
One possible version of Shaoxing drunken chicken
Traditional Chinese 醉雞
Simplified Chinese 醉鸡
Literal meaning drunk chicken

Drunken chicken is the name given to several different ways of preparing chicken using alcoholic beverages.

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China

In Chinese cuisine there are many different ways of cooking drunken chicken.

North America

A North American version (also known as beer can chicken, beer butt chicken, dancing chicken or chicken on a throne) is made by standing a prepared chicken upright on a partially filled can of beer and cooking it slowly in a barbecue or oven. The can goes into the opening of the chicken so that the beer evaporates and permeates the cooking chicken. It received the name dancing chicken due to way the chicken wobbles once the beer has evaporated and due to the fact the chicken is flavored with evaporated beer. The wobbling and falling usually indicates the chicken is done.

Another related recipe is bourbon chicken, which is prepared from bourbon whiskey.

Latin America

The Argentine, Chilean and Mexican versions of this dish are called pollo borracho, and usually include green and black olives and cinnamon.

References

  1. ^ a b TVB Natural Heritage 天賜良源 episode 1 January 30, 2008

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