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{{Short description|Alcoholic chicken dish}}
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'''Drunken chicken''' ({{zh|s=醉鸡|t=醉雞|p=zuìjī|first=t}}) is a way of preparing [[Chicken (food)|chicken]] using [[alcoholic beverage]]s. Different varieties of the dish exist in [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]], [[Taiwanese cuisine|Taiwanese]], [[Malaysian cuisine|Malaysian]], [[Singaporean cuisine|Singaporean]] cuisine.

== Varieties ==
There are many different ways of cooking drunken chicken.

One with [[Shaoxing]] wine originated in the [[Zhejiang]] province of eastern [[China]].<ref name="Nat">TVB Natural Heritage 天賜良源 episode 1 January 30, 2008</ref> Shaoxing drunk chicken is cooked and [[marinated]] in [[Shaoxing wine]] to create a deep taste.<ref name="Nat" />

In another version of the dish, the whole chicken is first [[steaming|steamed]] then chopped up into pieces appropriately sized for picking up by [[chopstick]]s. The steamed meat, along with its juice, is cooked with [[scallion]]s, [[ginger]] and [[salt]]. After the chicken is cooked it is marinated in [[Chinese alcoholic beverage|liquor]], [[sherry]] or a distilled liquor, like [[whiskey]], overnight in the [[refrigerator]]. The chicken is served chilled, often as an [[appetizer]]. Besides the liquor-flavored meat, another feature of the dish is the liquor-flavored [[gelatin]] that results from the chilled mixture of the alcohol and the cooking juices.

== Similar dishes ==
===Greece===
Μεθυσμένο κοτόπουλο (methisméno kotópoulo) - drunken chicken - is a dish found with many variations in  ''taverna'' in [[Greek cuisine|Greece]] and [[Cypriot cuisine|Cyprus]]. Served as a [[meze]] or a main course, the basic recipe consists of chicken breasts, marinated in alcohol (usually [[ouzo]]), sautéed, then braised in the marinade.

===Latin America===
The [[Argentine cuisine|Argentine]], [[Chilean cuisine|Chilean]], and [[Mexican cuisine|Mexican]] versions of this dish are called ''pollo borracho'',<ref>{{cite book|first1= Marge|last1= Poore|title=1,000 Mexican Recipes |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0LPqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT833 |publisher= Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |date=12 April 2011|isbn= 9780544189157|via=Google Books}}</ref> and usually include beer, chiles, and other spices.

==See also==
* [[Coq au vin]]
* [[Beer can chicken]]

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