On 3/14/2024 at 10:13 PM, KennethT said:Interesting. I've never heard of chicken breeds varying by location in SE Asia. Usually, they just discuss "kampung" or village chicken - meaning one that just roams around and eats whatever it wants versus a standard chicken. The kampung chicken is notably tougher and scrawnier but prized for its flavor.
The equivalent of kampung or kampong chickens here are S: 农村土鸡; T: 農村土雞 (nóng cūn tǔ jī), meaning rural area or village free range chickens (above). Yes scrawny but delicious and great for stocks.
At the other end of the scale we have S: 清远鸡; T: 清遠雞 (qīng yuǎn jī), Qingyuan chicken from the eponymous county in Guangdong province. Similar to the famed Wenchang chickens above, these tender fleshed, smooth yellow skinned are highly prized and used in poached S: 白切鸡; T: 白切雞 (bái qiē jī), Cantonese chicken, known as "white cut chicken".
White cut chicken (centre)
We can also buy S: 阉鸡; T: 閹雞 (yān jī), capons.
These castrated males are the most expensive on my delivery app, selling for 144元 / $20 each.
