{{Short description|Chicken meat shaped into a sphere}} thumb|Garlic-chicken balls '''Chicken balls''' are a food consisting of small, spherical or nearly spherical pieces of chicken. They are prepared and eaten in several different cuisines.

==In Western Chinese cuisine== thumb|Chicken balls from a Chinese restaurant in Pakistan Chicken balls ({{zh|s=鸡球|p=jī qiú|y= gai<sup>1</sup>kau<sup>4</sup>}}) are a type of modern Chinese food served in Canada,<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.thestar.com/living/Food/article/284559 | title = Great balls of flavour | author = Susan Sampson | author-link = Susan Sampson | work = Toronto Star | date = 2007-12-12 | access-date = 2007-12-20 | quote = She rounded out the theme with recipes for ... pecan-crusted chicken balls... }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=6fd1e090-9d19-46cf-9f3e-3af86090e9e4 | title = Toronto street-food project half-baked at best | author = Terence Corcoran | author-link = Terence Corcoran | work = National Post | date = 2007-11-23 | access-date = 2007-12-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120402155925/http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=6fd1e090-9d19-46cf-9f3e-3af86090e9e4 | archive-date = 2012-04-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Shanghai palace offers foodie feasts | work = Calgary Sun | date = 2005-03-04 | quote = ...reminiscent of those deep fried chicken balls I do my best to avoid. }}</ref> the United States, the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.qualityfoodonline.com/menu.php?id=34510 |title=Menu for Beijing Cuisine restaurant in Blackwater, Surrey, England |access-date=2007-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115145332/http://www.qualityfoodonline.com/menu.php?id=34510 |archive-date=2008-01-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Ireland as a staple of Chinese take-out, in fact the dish's roots can be traced backed to a small Irish chinese take-away, in County Monaghan, Ireland, named Hang fung where it was first created on record in 1981. The dish consists of small chunks of fried chicken breast meat covered in a crispy batter coating. They are often served with curry sauce, sweet and sour sauce or plum sauce. These are largely unheard of in China, depending on the recipe and referred name.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v5/content/subscribe?user_URL=https://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2Fstory%2FRTGAM.20071129.wflight29%2FBNStory%2FNational%2Fhome&ord=12254194&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true | title = The friendly skies of Moncton | author = Oliver Moore | author-link = | work = The Globe and Mail | date = 2007-11-29 | access-date = 2007-12-20 | format = fee required | quote = I say, 'It's chicken balls' and they say, 'We've never seen that in China.' }}{{Registration required}}</ref>

==In East and Southeast Asian cuisines== Another kind of chicken balls, which are similar to southern Chinese fish balls, may be found in countries in East and Southeast Asia, such as the Philippines<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26072749_ITM | title = Making 'tusok-tusok' the fishballs | author = Saleema Devi Refran | author-link = Saleema Devi Refran | newspaper = Philippine Daily Inquirer | date = 2002-09-25 | access-date = 2007-12-20 }}</ref> and Japan (''tsukune'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/11/15/cheap.php |title=Rating the World's Best Restaurants:Tokyo |author=Patricia Wells |author-link=Patricia Wells |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=1993-11-15 |access-date=2007-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912143842/http://www.iht.com/articles/1993/11/15/cheap.php |archive-date=2007-09-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==In other cuisines== Chicken balls are also a part of several other culinary traditions, including Italian Jewish cuisine<ref>{{cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9E0DE3DF1539F932A05750C0A964948260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/C/Cooking%20and%20Cookbooks | title = Distinctive foods of the Italian Jews | author = Marian Burros | author-link = Marian Burros | work = The New York Times | date = 1982-03-31 | access-date = 2007-12-20 }}</ref> and Islamic cuisine.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/662/li1.htm | title = Pull up a chair | author = Yasmine El-Rashidi | author-link = Yasmine El-Rashidi | work = Al-Ahram Weekly | date = 2003-10-30 | access-date = 2007-12-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016043459/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/662/li1.htm | archive-date = 2007-10-16 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05E0DB103CF930A15752C1A96F958260 | title = Pre-2K Thanksgiving | author = Gail Collins | author-link = Gail Collins | work = The New York Times | date = 1999-11-23 | access-date = 2007-12-20 }}</ref>

==See also== *British Chinese cuisine *Canadian Chinese cuisine *Chicken nugget *Coxinha

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