This item
Chicken Fillet / Chicken Tender
- narrow boneless chicken strips
- may be whole tenders or cut breast strips
- requires a 雞柳 label or counter confirmation
Meat
Chicken Fillet / Chicken Tender
Retail 雞柳 may mean an inner tender or a prepared breast strip, not one guaranteed anatomy; appearance is supporting evidence only, so confirm the original label or counter sign.
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3 identity clues
- narrow boneless chicken strips
- may be whole tenders or cut breast strips
- requires a 雞柳 label or counter confirmation
Names in other languages
- 繁體中文
- 雞柳
- English
- Chicken Fillet / Chicken Tender
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Fillet ayam (lihat label potongan)
- Tagalog
- Chicken fillet (tingnan ang label ng hiwa)
Name in Cantonese (Jyutping): gai1 lau5 No Cantonese voice on this device
What is it?
Chicken Fillet / Chicken Tender is a Hong Kong market or food-shop term. This page keeps the locked market scope and does not infer species, cut or formula from colour or one shape.
How to identify it
narrow boneless chicken strips; may be whole tenders or cut breast strips; requires a 雞柳 label or counter confirmation.
Common confusion
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Chicken Breast
- Broad and thick, tapering at one end
- Pale-pink solid lean muscle
- Boneless fillet has no leg joint
How to identify it
Chicken breast is a broader whole cut; chicken fillet is narrower, but appearance cannot prove an inner tender.
Common Hong Kong household uses
Prepare it according to the employer’s recipe and product label, then cook it thoroughly before serving.
Choosing & preparing
Use separate boards and knives for raw meat, then wash hands and clean work surfaces; cook the centre to at least 75°C for 30 seconds.
Storage
Keep raw meat covered at 4°C or below on the lowest refrigerator shelf, separate from cooked and ready-to-eat food.
What Ma’am or Sir may say
買雞柳，睇清楚牌仔，返嚟分開生熟處理。The employer asks for Chicken Fillet / Chicken Tender, with the label checked and raw food kept separate from cooked food at home.
Useful market phrase
唔該要雞柳，要原裝標籤或檔口牌清楚嗰款。Meaning: Chicken Fillet / Chicken Tender, please, with a clear original label or stall sign.
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Sources (8)
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department / Centre for Food Safety — FEHD CHICKEN
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department / Centre for Food Safety — FEHD CHICKEN JYUTPING
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Humanum Research Centre — Cantonese Pronunciation Dictionary
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department / Centre for Food Safety — CFS POULTRY SAFETY
- Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety — Prevention of Cross-contamination
- Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety — Store - Five Keys to Food Safety
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department / Centre for Food Safety — CFS COOK REHEAT
- Hong Kong Food and Environmental Hygiene Department — Healthy Recipe - Beef Tenderloin with Mango and Enoki Mushrooms