In Guangzhou an ordinary chicken may be the principal ingredient of scores of universally admired dishes such as steamed chicken, plain cooked chicken, lard-cooked chicken, braised rooster and hen, crisp-skin roast chicken, Hainan-style chicken and so on.

• 广州人用一只普通的鸡，可以烧出清蒸、白斩、网油烧鸡，生扣鸳鸯鸡、脆皮烧鸡、干煎鸡脯、文昌鸡等几十种名菜。