AI-generated ingredient illustration: raw skinless boneless chicken breast and small pieces, one possible chicken-meat form.

Meat · Ingredients

Chicken

鸡肉

Jīròu

Meat from a chicken, used in dishes such as Kung Pao chicken.

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Common cuts include breast and thigh. Breast meat is generally paler than thigh meat; either may be sold bone-in or boneless.

In the kitchen

Marinated and stir-fried.

Breast or thigh may be used.

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