Bean sprouts chicken (
Cantonese
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transliteration: Ngah Choi Kai; or
Malay: ''Taugeh Ayam'') is a dish similar to
Hainanese chicken rice
Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of poached chicken and seasoned rice, served with chilli sauce and usually with cucumber garnishes. It was created by immigrants from Hainan in southern China and adapted from the Hainanese dish Wenchang chic ...
, the only difference being the dish comes with a plate of
beansprouts. The steamed chicken is served with light
soy sauce flavoured with oil.
People usually eat rice as an accompaniment; however sometimes people can also choose to accompany the chicken and bean sprout with a bowl of
flat white noodles (
Cantonese
Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...
transliteration: Hor Fun) (
Simplified Chinese
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: 河粉) clear chicken soup.
Distribution
This dish can be found in Ipoh, Malaysia where the bean sprouts are known to be crunchy and succulent, thanks to the hard water from the limestone hills.
See also
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Malaysian cuisine
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Ipoh cuisine
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List of chicken dishes
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External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20160314020819/http://friedchillies.com/fc/more.php?id=1540_0_1_0
Malaysian chicken dishes
Ipoh
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