Snake bite chicken

Snake bite chicken
Snake bite chicken
Traditional Chinese	蛇咬雞
Simplified Chinese	蛇咬鸡
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	shé yǎo jī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	se4 ngaau5 gai1

Snake bite chicken is a controversial dish served in Guangdong and Chongqing China, though its exact origin is unknown. The dish consist of a venomous snake being forced to bite a chicken. After the chicken is envenomated and dies, it is then served.

Description

The Foshan^{[according to whom?]} dish cooking method is made by forcing a venomous snake to bite a chicken. The chicken is bitten and poisoned through the head.^[1]^{[permanent dead link]} It may take more than 10 minutes for the chicken to die. A strong chicken may require several bites.^[1]^{[permanent dead link]} After the chicken dies, it can be served in a pan for 98 Chinese yuan. If it is served with both the chicken and the snake, it costs 118 yuan.^[1]^{[permanent dead link]}

Controversy

A controversial video was made from a Guangdong restaurant.^[1]^{[permanent dead link]} It was then broadcast and generated a large number of anti-Cantonese comments.^[2] When a reporter asked a notable professor from Sun Yat-sen University about the health benefit of the dish, he claimed that it was only his first time of hearing about the dish.^[1] Health authorities in Guangdong have already told restaurants to stop serving the dish. Chongqing have also joined in.^[3]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 163.com. "163.com." 网友曝毒蛇咬鸡成广州餐馆招牌菜. Retrieved on 2009-06-07.
^ Sina.com. "Sina.com." 最血腥菜肴视频“毒蛇咬鸡”. Retrieved on 2009-06-07.
^ Shanghaidaily.com. "Shanghaidaily.com." Snakebite dish banned. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.

[netease1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 163.com. "163.com." 网友曝毒蛇咬鸡成广州餐馆招牌菜. Retrieved on 2009-06-07.

[2] Sina.com. "Sina.com." 最血腥菜肴视频“毒蛇咬鸡”. Retrieved on 2009-06-07.

[3] Shanghaidaily.com. "Shanghaidaily.com." Snakebite dish banned. Retrieved on 2009-06-17.

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