Beggar Chicken is essentially a dish that is prepared by marinating a raw chicken and burying it under layers of soil and hot charcoal to cook. It takes about 24 hours for it to be fully cooked. This traditional method of cooking is uncommon these days and that’s why Restaurant Bukit Jugra sees customers coming from all over the country. 
The resulting Beggar Chicken dish is full of flavour from the Chinese herbs they’ve marinated it with. It is soft and tender and falls right off the bones. The chicken is not as big as you would expect it to be as it’s a Kampung Chicken after all. Go for the flavour and uniqueness, not its size.
Traditional stories have it that in the old days, a beggar caught a chicken, and not having any pots and pans, he wrapped it in clay and buried it together with hot embers in a hole in the ground to cook it. Hence the name “beggar’s chicken”.
If you’re ever down in Banting, you might here the folks there recommending Restaurant Bukit Jugra and if you’re keen on giving the Beggar Chicken a go, remember to call in advance.
Restaurant Bukit Jugra
Hours: 1pm-8pm, daily
Tel: 03-2120 2515