si6 jau4 gai1豉油雞豉油鸡
Jyutpingsi6 jau4 gai1
Yalesih yàuh gāi
Definition
Soy sauce chicken; a type of siu mei (Cantonese roasted meat) made of chicken marinated and seasoned in soy sauce.
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How it's used
Ordering at a local roast meat shop usually involves asking for 油雞 rather than the full name. It is a staple of the Cantonese roast meat culture and is almost always served with a side of ginger scallion oil. The skin should be dark brown and glossy, distinct from the pale yellow skin of poached chicken.
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zek3隻jekExamples
I want to buy half a soy sauce chicken to take home for dinner.
Do you prefer eating poached chicken or soy sauce chicken?
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Common mistake
Do not confuse this with 滷水雞, which is braised in a complex spiced master stock rather than primarily soy sauce based. While both are brown, the flavor profiles are quite different.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
