Moo goo gai pan facts for kids
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘑菇雞片 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 蘑菇鸡片 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Mushroom chicken slices" | ||||||||||
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Moo goo gai pan (Chinese: 蘑菇雞片; Cantonese: móh-gū gāi-pin) is the Americanized version of a Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables. Popular vegetable additions include bok choy, snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage (Napa cabbage).
Etymology
The name comes from the Cantonese names of the ingredients:
- moo goo (蘑菇; mòhgū): button mushrooms
- gai (雞; gāi): chicken
- pan (片; pín): slices
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