Eating in China
Several slender pale ivory-pink chicken intestinal tubes arranged in loose loops in a plain dish.

Chicken intestine

鸡肠Jīcháng

Tubular chicken digestive tissue, with a long small intestine and much shorter large intestine.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Tubular chicken digestive tissue, with a long small intestine and much shorter large intestine.

In the kitchen

Cooked for Qianjiang chicken offal.

This ingredient is separate from liver, heart and gizzard.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鸡肠吗?

Does this dish contain Chicken intestine?

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