Bresse chicken
French chicken product / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The poulet de Bresse (French pronunciation: [pu.lɛ d(ə) bʁɛs]) or volaille de Bresse is a French chicken product which has appellation d'origine contrôlée status, and which was registered as a Protected Designation of Origin under EU and UK law as Volaille de Bresse / Poulet de Bresse / Poularde de Bresse / Chapon de Bresse. It may be produced only from white chickens of the Bresse Gauloise breed raised within a legally-defined area of the historic region and former province of Bresse, in eastern France.
This article is about the chicken. For other uses, see Bresse (disambiguation).
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Type | pullet, chicken or capon |
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Place of origin | France |
Region or state | Bresse |
Other information | Protected designation of origin (PDO) and appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) status |
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