Moo goo gai pan

For the Simpsons episode, see Goo Goo Gai Pan.

Moo goo gai pan
Traditional Chinese	蘑菇雞片
Simplified Chinese	蘑菇鸡片
Literal meaning	"Mushroom chicken slices"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin mógū jīpiàn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization mòh-gū gāi-pin

Moo goo gai pan (Chinese: 蘑菇雞片; Cantonese: móh-gū gāi-pin) is the Americanized version of a Cantonese dish – chicken with mushroom in oyster sauce (香菇雞片), which can be a stir-fry dish or a dish made in a clay pot. The Chinese-American version is a simple stir-fried dish with thinly sliced chicken, white button-mushrooms, and other vegetables. The word pan 片 means thin slices, referring to the way that the chicken is cut. Popular vegetable additions include bok choy, snow peas, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, carrots, and/or Chinese cabbage (Napa cabbage).^[1]

Etymology

The name comes from the Cantonese names of the ingredients (note that tone marks here do not match Mandarin tones):^[2][3]

• moo goo (蘑菇; mòhgū): 'button mushrooms'
• gai (雞; gāi): 'chicken'
• pan (片; pín): 'slices'

See also

• List of chicken dishes

References

1. Randhawa, Jessica (April 18, 2019). "Moo Goo Gai Pan Recipe". theforkedspoon.com. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
2. "Moo goo gai pan". Cooks.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
3. "The American Heritage Dictionary: moo goo gai pan". Archived from the original on March 19, 2006. Retrieved December 21, 2005..