At the table
Take a small piece, separate the meat from the bones and dip lightly. Share the platter with rice or other dishes; check each piece for small bone fragments.
Contains chicken and bones; neither vegetarian nor vegan. Dips may contain peanuts, sesame, soy and wheat. Ask about the sauce and cooking oil if these matter to you, and choose chicken cooked through.
White-cut is one serving style; the local chicken is also steamed or fried. Dips may contain sand ginger, ginger, garlic, scallion, soy sauce, peanut oil, sesame oil, cilantro or chilli. Ask for chilli separately if you want the plain chicken mild.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
White-cut is one serving style; the local chicken is also steamed or fried. Dips may contain sand ginger, ginger, garlic, scallion, soy sauce, peanut oil, sesame oil, cilantro or chilli. Ask for chilli separately if you want the plain chicken mild.
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Gentle chicken savoriness, with the dip adding ginger, saltiness or chilli heat.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Moist, firm-tender meat beneath smooth skin, with bones left in the chopped pieces.
- How it’s made
- The chicken is poached until cooked through, cooled and chopped with the skin and bones intact. Aromatic dipping sauces are prepared separately.
White-cut is one serving style; the local chicken is also steamed or fried. Dips may contain sand ginger, ginger, garlic, scallion, soy sauce, peanut oil, sesame oil, cilantro or chilli. Ask for chilli separately if you want the plain chicken mild.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Guangxi.
About this regional connection
Guangxi: People.cn Ningming reporting and Guangxi official tourism identify this local named chicken and white-cut serving.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有八角香鸡吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A chicken named for its home landscape
Ningming in Guangxi is known for its star-anise groves. Bajiao chicken takes its name from local chicken rearing beneath those trees. White-cut preparation keeps the focus on the chicken, while the dipping sauce lets diners season each bite.