Chicken is a major worldwide source of meat and eggs for human consumption.
It is prepared as food in a wide variety of ways, varying by region and culture.
The chicken domesticated for its meat are broilers and for its eggs are layers.
Chicken as a meat has been depicted in Babylonian carvings from around 600 BC.
It was one of the basic ingredients in the so-called white dish, a stew usually consisting of chicken and fried onions cooked in milk and seasoned with spices and sugar.