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Beggar's chicken

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Beggar's chicken is a Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay along with lotus, banana, or bamboo leaves, and baked slowly over low heat, a process that can take up to six hours for a single portion. The dish originates from Changshu in Jiangsu province, and while it was traditionally encased in clay, modern versions often substitute dough, oven bags, or ceramic pots for convenience. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Contains Meat or Poultry 1
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Chicken, Ingredients
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1. Beggar's chicken (Wikipedia)
  • entity record, Name (dietary-suitability)
    Name: Beggar's chicken
  • Uses Ingredient: Chicken, infobox main_ingredient field
    Chicken, marinade, and stuffing with variety of ingredients
  • In Cuisine: Chinese Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Beggar's chicken (simplified Chinese: 叫化鸡; traditional Chinese: 叫化雞; pinyin: jiàohuā jī) is a Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and lotus leaves (or banana or bamboo leaves as alternatives), and baked slowly using low heat.
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