| Simplified | 东安鸡 |
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| Traditional | 東安雞 |
| Cuisine | Hunan cuisine |
| Dong'an chicken | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 東安雞 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东安鸡 | ||||||||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東安子雞 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东安子鸡 | ||||||||
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| Guanbao chicken | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 官保雞 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 官保鸡 | ||||||||
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Dong'an chicken (simplified Chinese:东安鸡;traditional Chinese:東安雞;pinyin:Dōng'ānjī) is aChinese coldparboiledchicken dish, flavoured withchili peppers, groundSichuan peppercorns, whiterice vinegar,scallions andginger. It is named afterDong'an County.[1]
Dong'an chicken is a traditional Hunan dish, which started in theTang dynasty.[2] In February 1972, when then-U.S. PresidentRichard Nixon visited China,Mao Zedong entertained Nixon with Hunan dishes such as Dong'an chicken at a banquet.[3]
It has evolved through three dynasties, named "mature vinegar chicken" in theWestern Jin dynasty, "Guanbao chicken" in the lateQing dynasty, and "Dong'an chicken" in the Republic of China.[4]
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