The types of Kampong (Village) Chicken and other Chicken Dishes
posted in Chicken Recipes, Handy Tips |Kampong chicken, also known as village chicken, is usually reared in village and rural areas. There are four types of kampong chickens as explained below:
1)The most common type and usually cheaper is the skinny and smaller variety which the chinese use to make chicken herbal soup.
2)’Wu so kai” in Catonese, or translated as “bearded chicken” has a “beard” beneath its beak, hence its name. This variety is more commonly used for steaming the whole chicken or plunge in the hot water and simmer till cook. It is popular in preparing chicken rice and noodles dishes.
3)”Holland Chicken” or “ho lan kai” in Chinese is bald without feather around its neck. They can be cooked in many ways too. Their flesh is firmer compare to the white feather chicken. This variety is also commonly used for steaming the whole chicken or plunge in hot water and simmer till cook. it can used in stir-fried dishes and noodles.
4)Finally, the black skin chicken with white feather is smaller in size. The Chinese likes to use it to double-boil with herbs and is most nourishing. It is called the black skin chicken because the whole body is black and even its bones are black too.
Chinese usually boil herbal soup with chicken for its medicinal and nourishing value. Drink chicken soup frequently can increase your energy and strengthen body immune system.
