Har cheong gai (), is a
Malaysian Singaporean fried chicken dish, consisting of fried chicken wings in a batter with fermented shrimp paste.
Description
Har cheong gai is regarded as one of the most popular family
fried chicken dishes in
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
,
and is made with fermented
shrimp paste
Shrimp paste or prawn sauce is a fermented condiment commonly used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisines. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks. They are ei ...
(har cheong) and a host of other spices and ingredients. The shrimp paste used is not the darker Malaysian style paste used for
rojak
Rujak (Indonesian language, Indonesian spelling) or Rojak (Malay language, Malay spelling) is a salad dish of Javanese cuisine, Javanese origin, commonly found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The most popular variant in all three countries ...
sauce, but the pinkish grey southeastern Chinese style.
The recipe for har cheong gai differs from other fried chicken recipes in that the marinade and the
batter are not separate; rather wheat flour and potato or corn starch is added to the
marinade
Marinating is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking. The origin of the word alludes to the use of brine (''aqua marina'' or sea water) in the pickling process, which led to the technique of adding flav ...
, creating a seasoned batter. Depending on the recipe followed this is done at the very start
or just prior to frying after the chicken has been allowed to marinate, in both cases the chicken is often allowed to marinate overnight,
Har cheong gai burger
A har cheong gai burger is a
chicken sandwich from
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
. It is made up of har cheong gai in a sesame seed bun with salad and
mayonnaise.
See also
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List of chicken dishes
This is a list of chicken dishes. Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world, and was one of the first domesticated animals. Chicken is a major worldwide source of meat and eggs for human consumption. It is prepared as food in a wi ...
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Taiwan fried chicken
Taiwanese fried chicken (; also ), westernized as popcorn chicken, is a dish in Taiwanese cuisine commonly found as street snack and is indispensable to the night markets in Taiwan. It consists of bite-sized pieces of chicken, coated and fried ...
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Crispy fried chicken
Crispy fried chicken () is a standard dish in the Cantonese cuisine of southern China and Hong Kong.39World.39World.com." ''炸子鸡.'' Retrieved on 2008-11-19. The chicken is fried in such a way that the skin is extremely crunchy, but the wh ...
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Ayam goreng
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Chicken with chilies
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Korean fried chicken
Korean fried chicken, usually called ''chikin'' (, from the English "chicken") in Korea, refers to a variety of fried chicken dishes created in South Korea, including the basic ''huraideu-chicken'' (, from the English "fried chicken") and spicy ...
References
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Singaporean cuisine
Chicken dishes
Deep fried foods