zeoi3 gai1醉雞醉鸡
Jyutpingzeoi3 gai1
Yalejeui gāi
Definition
Drunken chicken; a Chinese dish where cooked chicken is marinated in Chinese wine, such as Shaoxing or Huadiao wine.
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How it's used
Often served as a cold appetizer in Cantonese restaurants, this dish relies on the quality of the Chinese cooking wine used for marination. It is distinct from other chicken dishes because the meat is chilled after being poached and then soaked, resulting in a firm, jelly-like skin texture.
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dip2碟dípExamples
Do you like eating drunken chicken?
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Common phrases
Huadiao wine-soaked chicken
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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.
