Poultry

🇨🇲Cameroon

Poulet DG

Chicken fried with ripe plantain, carrot, green bean and pepper in a tomato sauce — the dish named for the Directeur Général who could afford it.

🇨🇩Brazzaville, DR Congo

Poulet Mayonnaise

Poulet mayo

Roasted chicken pieces coated generously in mayonnaise with onions, tomatoes, and sometimes fried plantains; a popular Brazzaville street food.

🇧🇫Burkina Faso

Poulet Télévisé

Burkinabè rotisserie chicken cooked over a roadside fire, traditionally using firm free-range poulet bicyclette.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Poulet à la Cancoillotte

Poulet à la cancoillotte is chicken served with melted cancoillotte cheese, garlic, and a light savory sauce.

🇸🇬Singapore, Singapore

Prawn Paste Chicken

虾酱鸡

Chicken wings marinated in fermented shrimp paste, battered and deep-fried; the paste turns funky-savoury and dark under the crust.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Roast Duck (Siu Aap)

Siu Aap

Whole duck roasted until the skin crisps mahogany, chopped through the bone and served over or beside rice at siu mei counters.

🇭🇰Guangdong, Hong Kong

Roast Goose

烧鹅

Goose stuffed with a spice-and-soy marinade, sewn shut, inflated, air-dried and roasted over lychee wood until the skin is mahogany.

🇪🇪Estonia

Roast Goose

Jõuluhani

Traditional roast goose for Christmas dinner, part of historical Estonian Christmas menu.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Roast Squab

燒乳鴿

Roast squab — crisp-skinned farmed pigeon served whole — a Hong Kong and Pearl River Delta restaurant centrepiece.

🇨🇳Guangdong, China

Salt-Baked Chicken

盐焗鸡

Yanju ji, whole chicken buried and baked in a mound of hot coarse salt, is a named Hakka dish and a distinct technique.

🇺🇸United States

Sesame Chicken

A Chinese-American dish of crispy fried chicken tossed in a sweet-tangy sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Sesame Oil Chicken

麻油雞

Chicken simmered with a great deal of black sesame oil, ginger fried until curled, and rice wine cooked down until the alcohol is nearly gone.

🇾🇪Yemen

Shawiyah

Whole chicken rubbed with hawaij and roasted on a rotisserie, sold with flatbread, sahawiq and a lemon wedge.

🇧🇳East Java, Brunei

Smashed Fried Chicken

Ayam Penyet

Succulent fried chicken smashed flat, served with heaps of sambal, fresh cucumbers, fried tofu, and fragrant rice; though Javanese in origin, ayam penyet has been passionately adopted by Bruneians; each establishment offers its own twist on the sambal's recipe and heat level; incredibly popular and affordable.

🇲🇶Martinique

Smoked Chicken

Poulet Boucané

Chicken marinated in a blend of Creole spices then smoked over sugarcane wood; a specialty with a distinctive smoky flavor; often served with local vegetables or rice; the poulet boucané that is a Martinican smoked specialty.

🇸🇴Somalia

Somali Chicken

Digaag

Chicken dishes prepared in various Somali ways; grilled, stewed with vegetables, or in rice dishes; the workhorse protein of Somali kitchens; usually marinated in a spice blend first; served with bariis, baasto, or flatbread; a versatile and popular meat; the chicken of Somali kitchens; found at every restaurant and home.

🇨🇬Republic of the Congo

Soso ya Makasi

Tough rooster simmered slowly in a tomato sauce with peppers, onions, garlic, and nutmeg until the meat is tender and the sauce is thick.

🇺🇸Southern United States, United States

Southern Fried Chicken

Chicken pieces marinated in buttermilk, dredged in seasoned flour, and fried until golden with a shatteringly crisp crust.

🇹🇭Hat Yai, Thailand

Southern Thai Fried Chicken

ไก่ทอดหาดใหญ่

Southern Thai fried chicken from Hat Yai: marinated, twice-fried and served with sticky rice and sweet chilli.

🇰🇷South Korea

Soy Garlic Chicken

간장치킨

Korean fried chicken brushed with a savory soy-garlic glaze, lighter and crispier than the spicy version.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Soy Sauce Chicken (See Yao Gai)

See Yao Gai

Whole chicken simmered in a master broth of soy and spices kept going for years, hung in roast-meat windows beside char siu.

🇺🇸United States

Springfield-Style Cashew Chicken

A Springfield, Missouri Chinese-American dish: crispy fried chicken in a sweet brown sauce with cashews.

🇩🇰Denmark

Stegt And (Roast Duck)

Andesteg

A Danish roast duck stuffed with apples, prunes, and herbs, a Christmas Eve tradition, served with potatoes and gravy

🇩🇰Denmark

Stegt Gås (Roast Goose)

Stegt gås

A Danish roast goose stuffed with apples and prunes, a Christmas Eve tradition, served with potatoes and gravy

🇦🇷Argentina

Suprema

A chicken breast milanesa, pounded thin, breaded, and fried until golden. A lighter alternative to beef milanesa, served with fries, mashed potatoes, or a salad.

🇰🇷South Korea

Sweet Spicy Chicken

양념치킨

Korean fried chicken coated in a sticky, sweet and spicy gochujang-based sauce, the most popular Korean chicken style.

🇭🇰Hong Kong

Swiss Wings

瑞士雞翼

Swiss wings, chicken wings braised in a sweet soy sauce that has nothing Swiss about it, are a named cha chaan teng classic with a documented naming story.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Taiwanese Fried Chicken Cutlet (Jipai)

雞排

Butterflied chicken breast the size of a face, battered in sweet potato starch, deep-fried and dusted with pepper-salt and chilli.

🇪🇨Sierra (Andean Highlands), Ecuador

Tamales Ecuatorianos

Ecuadorian tamales use seasoned corn masa around pork or chicken, wrap it in a corn husk, and steam it until tender.

🇨🇳Sichuan, China

Tea-Smoked Chicken

茶熏鸡

Chicken smoked over tea leaves and camphor sugar until the skin turns amber — the poultry counterpart to Sichuan tea-smoked duck.

🇨🇳Sichuan, China

Tea-Smoked Duck

樟茶鸭

Duck marinated in Sichuan pepper, smoked over camphor leaves and jasmine tea leaves, steamed, then deep-fried so the skin shatters.

🇹🇼Taiwan

Three Cup Chicken

三杯雞

Chicken braised in a clay pot with equal parts sesame oil, soy sauce and rice wine, reduced to a glaze and finished with a fistful of Thai basil.

🇮🇶Iraq

Tibeet

تبيت

Chicken stuffed with spiced rice and slow-cooked overnight with whole eggs, tomato and cardamom — the Iraqi Jewish sabbath dish.

🇹🇴Tonga

Tongan Whole Roasted Chicken

Moa kakato

Moa kakato is a whole roasted Tongan chicken, seasoned and cooked until tender for family meals, celebrations, or feast tables.

🇯🇵Kyushu, Japan

Torisashi

鳥刺し

Torisashi, raw chicken sashimi, is a named speciality of Kagoshima and Miyazaki with its own supply chain.

🇯🇵Kyushu, Japan

Toriten

とり天

Toriten is made with chicken in a light tempura batter eaten with ponzu and mustard.