Why does the chicken from chinese restaurants not look the chicken I use in my kitchen?!


Question: Why does the chicken from chinese restaurants not look the chicken I use in my kitchen!?
It just doesn't seem to pull apart like chicken and always seems to have a fatty layer around it under the sauces!. It really grosses me out!. My husband loves chinese but the chicken dishes gross me out by the way they look!. Why does it look different!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
To prepare the chicken for stir-fries, they boil the chunks of chicken with baking soda, which softens it and significantly changes the texture!. The same process is done for beef which is why the beef in beef and broccoli tastes so rubbery!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

it is chicken it is just that chinese usually dip it in a coating before cooking , i cooked all my life and have worked with a chinese cook , the only thing you need to worry about is the majarity of chinese cooks do not have the same hygiene and sometimes do things that you would not do!. and no i am not saying all chinese are dirty or anything like that they just are trained very differant in cookingWww@FoodAQ@Com

ok im chinese so the chiken isnt made with american oil ect americans usualy add oil which has well u dont wanna no pluss chinese food is neva fried they cook it a very special way and it makes the chiken look sumtimes well bumpy and nasty looking lol but it still tastes the same sumtimes better y not try different ways the chinese chiken can be cooked it makes more senseWww@FoodAQ@Com

they ground it up so it's almost like a paste then put it in a pasrty icing bag thing then squeeze it out onto a frying pan and there you have chinese chicken!. Seriously, I watched em do it and i will never eat it again!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It comes frozen in bulk and gets cut up before it thaws so there is sometimes cartilage and fat connected!. also corn starch is added to thicken the sauces!.

Then again it might be cat or dog food or cat or dog!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Most restaurants use the thigh meat in their recipes!. Cut into small pieces and marinated!. You usually won't find white cuts of meat in Chinese cooking!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Great question!. I have always wondered the same thing!. I'm thinking maybe it isn't chicken!.!.!.!.!.scary!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

MeowWww@FoodAQ@Com

It's just the way they cook it!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I think it's really cat meat or maybe even dog!.!.!.lol But it tastes so good so i still eat it :DWww@FoodAQ@Com

that is a great question!. i often wonder this myself!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I hate Chinese food!. I figure it is cat or dog or who knows what!!!Www@FoodAQ@Com





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