咸鸡 Salted Chicken

Pinyin: Xián Jī

I started chomping down on this dish when my friend asked me what I thought of it. Before I could answer he piped in and said he thought it was pretty good.

After I managed to spit out a few of the bones I told him I thought it was good, but just a bit salty. He threw up this face that just screamed, stupid boy, and said uh ya it's called salty chicken.

Doh!

Well how was I supposed to know it was supposed to be salty. Anyway that is OK as an American I like salty food. I could do without the chunks and splinters and bone fragments throughout the chicken, but such is life in China.

公鸡煲 Cock Pot

Pinyin: Gōng Jī Bǎo

Beer, the saving grace of this meal. It's a damn shame actually cause the chicken was so tasty. A little spicy and well marinated even though it I spent a good portion of the meal fishing through chicken bones.

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After you get done eating the chicken, it more or less turns into a hot pot where you can add various vegetables, tofu, meats, etc. It's a good idea in theory except that the napalm keeping it warm just isn't capable of actual cooking.

Unfortunately all of the cooking happened so freakin slow that what should have been a twenty minute meal turned into an hour long meal, and instead of one beer turned into three, which honestly wasn't all that bad.

白椒炒鸡杂 White Pepper and Chicken Bits Stir Fry

Pinyin: Bái Jiāo Chǎo Jī Zá

Mmmm chicken bits. Hearts and livers and intestines and gizzards (I'm not even sure what gizzards are), mix them all up, add a few spices and peppers and you have a surprisingly good dish.

That's right it's good, not just a "not bad" kind of good but an honest to goodness order it again kind of good. I never really thought I'd find myself saying this, but chicken intestines and duck intestines are good. Can't say I care much for pork intestines, but if it's coming from a bird it' a different texture, certainly smaller, and has a better taste about it.

Oh remember I said they added peppers to this dish, yah well they are hot, damn hot. I was sweating while eating this dish. It was a paltry 35 degrees outside, but I doubt that had anything to do with it.