Skewer · Cold, marinated
Bobo Ji (Leshan Cold Skewer Chicken)
Photo: Zheng Zhou / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
The name comes from the 'bobo', the earthenware bowl the skewers are steeped and served in, not from the chicken itself.
Chicken and vegetables are pre-cooked, skewered, and steeped in a numbing, spicy sauce in a large earthenware bowl, then pulled straight from the bowl and eaten cold.
Why it's made this way: The cold, bowl-steeped format let vendors prepare batches in advance and serve customers quickly; Leshan vendors say the dish dates back to the Qing dynasty.
Roughly what's in it
320kcal
20gprotein
12gcarbs
20gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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