At the table
Lift chicken carefully and remove bones. Sip the broth after cooling; rice or thin noodles can be ordered separately if available.
Contains chicken, sesame and rice wine. Cooking does not guarantee removal of all alcohol.
Wine-to-water ratio varies; goji berries, vegetables or mushrooms may be added. They are not compulsory.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Wine-to-water ratio varies; goji berries, vegetables or mushrooms may be added. They are not compulsory.
Typical ingredients
In some versions
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Nutty sesame, ginger and rice-wine aroma.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Tender chicken and a lightly oily broth.
- How it’s made
- Ginger and chicken are first fried in sesame oil, then simmered with rice wine.
Wine-to-water ratio varies; goji berries, vegetables or mushrooms may be added. They are not compulsory.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Taiwan.
About this regional connection
Taiwan: Sesame-oil chicken is a Taiwanese home-style dish often enjoyed in cool weather. The ginger-oil aroma and rice-wine broth define it; it is food, not a promised remedy.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有台式麻油鸡吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
A familiar cool-weather bowl
Sesame-oil chicken is a Taiwanese home-style dish often enjoyed in cool weather. The ginger-oil aroma and rice-wine broth define it; it is food, not a promised remedy.