Bean Sprouts Chicken

Bean Sprouts Chicken

Bean Sprouts Chicken (Simplified Chinese: 芽菜鸡, Cantonese transliteration: Ngah Choi Kai; or Malay: Taugeh Ayam) is a dish similar to Hainanese Chicken Rice.

The chicken is cooked using the same technique as Hainan Chicken. It is poached in a water bath then quickly dunk into cold water to stop the cooking process to retain its juicy smoothness texture.

As for the bean sprout, it will only need to be blanched no more than 10 seconds, then drizzle with sesame oil and soy sauce, and a smidge of white pepper for bit of kick. One of the differences is that bean sprouts chicken comes with a plate of bean sprouts, famous throughout the city of Ipoh.

The steamed chicken is served with light soya 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 transliteration: Hor Fun) (Simplified Chinese: 河粉) clear chicken soup.