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Spatchcocking
Roasting or grilling chicken is the common method to cook chicken worldwide.

This is a list of chicken dishes. Chicken is the most common type of poultry/meat 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 wide variety of ways, varying by region and culture. The prevalence of chickens is due to almost the entire chicken being edible, and the ease of raising them. The chicken domesticated for its meat are broilers and for its eggs are layers.

Chicken as a meat has been depicted in Babylonian carvings from around 600 BC. Chicken was one of the most common meats available in the Middle Ages. It was eaten over most of the Eastern hemisphere and several different numbers and kinds of chicken such as capons, pullets, and hens were eaten. It was one of the basic ingredients in the so-called white dish, a stew usually consisting of chicken and fried onions cooked in milk and seasoned with spices and sugar.

Chicken dishes

Chicken makhani
Butter chicken is an Indian dish made with mildly spiced tomato sauce.
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Karaage, a Japanese dish
Korean barbeque-Buldak-01
Buldak is a Korean dish made from heavily spiced chicken.
Chicken tabaka - Weight the chicken down
Cooking of chicken tabaka, a traditional Georgian dish
Coq au vin rouge
Coq au vin is a French dish of chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms, and optionally garlic.
BeiQieJi-WhiteCutChicken
White cut chicken is a type of siu mei. Unlike most other meats in the siu mei category, this particular dish is not roasted; it is cooked in water or broth.

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