Eating in China
Clean raw chicken liver with deep reddish-brown natural lobes.

Chicken liver

鸡肝Jīgān

A large dark-brown chicken organ divided into two lobes, with the right lobe larger.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A large dark-brown chicken organ divided into two lobes, with the right lobe larger.

In the kitchen

Cooked for Qianjiang chicken offal.

Liver is distinct from the muscular heart and intestinal tubes; the Qianjiang preparation combines all three rather than substituting one for another.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有鸡肝吗?

Does this dish contain Chicken liver?

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