🍽️ Poached Chicken

Plain-poached to keep original flavor, skin silky and meat tender.

White-cut poached chicken embodies the Cantonese ideal that no banquet is complete without chicken, and is closely associated with Guangzhou. Quality free-range chicken is gently poached in near-boiling water then iced, so the skin turns taut and silky while the meat stays juicy. Served chopped into pieces with ginger-scallion dip, it lets the natural flavor of the bird shine. The standard of doneness is a bouncy skin, tender flesh and a faint pink at the bone. Lightly chilled skin is springy. On family tables and festival banquets across Guangzhou, this clean, original-flavor chicken is a centerpiece, best enjoyed with plain rice.