Dapanji

Dapanji (Dungan: Da pan ji; Chinese: 大盘鸡; pinyin: Dàpánjī; lit. 'big plate chicken'; Uyghur: چوڭ تەخسە توخۇ قورۇمىسى, romanized: chong texse toxu qorumisi) is a spicy chicken stew that was invented by a Han Chinese chef in Shawan, Xinjiang in the 1980s. Although originally considered Chinese rather than Uyghur, the chef made the dish halal to accommodate local religious customs, and it quickly became popular among the local Uyghur population.