List of chicken dishes facts for kids

Roasting or grilling chicken is a super common way to cook chicken all over the world!

Chicken is one of the most popular types of meat on Earth, and it was one of the first animals people learned to raise for food. We get both meat and eggs from chickens. People cook chicken in tons of different ways, depending on where they live and what their culture is like. Chickens are so popular because almost every part of them can be eaten, and they are pretty easy to raise. Chickens raised for meat are called broilers, and those raised for eggs are called layers.

People have been eating chicken for a very long time! There are old carvings from Babylon (around 600 BC) that show chicken as food. During the Middle Ages, chicken was one of the most common meats available. People ate it across a huge part of the world, from Europe to Asia. Different kinds of chickens were eaten, like capons (male chickens), pullets (young hens), and older hens. Chicken was even a main ingredient in a popular medieval dish called "white dish," which was a stew made with chicken, fried onions, milk, and spices, sometimes even with sugar!

Awesome Chicken Dishes Around the World

There are so many amazing ways to prepare chicken! Here are just a few examples of delicious chicken dishes from different places.

Butter chicken is a yummy Indian dish with a mild, creamy tomato sauce.

Karaage is a popular Japanese fried chicken dish.

Chicken noodle soup is often eaten when you're feeling sick, but it's great anytime!

Buldak is a super spicy Korean chicken dish.

Marinated barbecue chicken is perfect for grilling.

This is how you cook chicken tabaka, a traditional dish from Georgia.

Coq au vin is a classic French dish where chicken is cooked slowly in wine with lardons (bacon), mushrooms, and sometimes garlic.

Orange chicken is a sweet and tangy dish often found in Chinese-American restaurants.

White cut chicken is a type of siu mei (roasted meats). It's special because it's boiled or steamed, not roasted!

Images for kids

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  Arroz con pollo (chicken and rice)

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  Ayam bakar Padang, Indonesian grilled chicken in rich bumbu (spice mixture); shallot, garlic, chili pepper, candlenut, galangal and turmeric

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  Andong jjimdak is a variety of jjim (a Korean steamed or boiled dish) made with chicken and various vegetables marinated in a ganjang based sauce.

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  A bowl of chicken and dumplings

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  Beer can chicken

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  Chicken satay in the Netherlands with peanut sauce, French fries, prawn crackers, and mayonnaise; as served in a pub in Amsterdam

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  Huli-huli chicken roasting on spits

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  Shish taouk, a traditional Middle Eastern shish kebab

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  Yakitori being grilled

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  Beggar's Chicken

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  Chicken vegetable delight

See also

• List of fried chicken dishes
• List of beef dishes
• List of egg dishes
• List of fast-food chicken restaurants
• List of fish dishes
• List of lamb dishes
• List of pork dishes
• List of seafood dishes