I drank it as a kid. But does it actually beneficial to health and actually made from chicken?
I guess the nutritional benefit is that it has lots of protein and all that.
But I feel you get the same benefit drinking this as eating a bucket of KFC. I rather eat that.
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According to the box, it unlocks your inner greatness.
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In other words, it opens up the sluices at both ends.
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yea honestly a bucket of KFC has the same nutritional content. Maybe the chicken used to make these have no hormones and other harmful “stuff”? (maybe??).
These things are popular here in Taiwan because of folklore regarding nutrition. They’re maybe like vitamin pills. It may also exist because Taiwan has weird laws regarding import of dietary supplements, and these look like a better value compared to pills.
If something is truly wholesome and nutritious to you, it will be to bacteria and other critters too. The fact that they are shelf stable means they have added chemicals.
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Maybe if they found some way to add essence of crispy coating to the 雞精 it would taste better. 
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People have tried to convince me to drink it, but I haven’t given in.
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You need to try it at least once for bragging rights. It’s actually not that bad, honest. 
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I don’t know, I’ve made it this far!
Yes, but you haven’t really lived…
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Honestly you should just get a KFC bucket, then take the leftover bone and cook it for 8 hours to make a broth. Then make chicken noodle soup with it. At least it will be chicken soup with 11 herbs and spices.
That’s the chicken essence in a nutshell.
Maybe I’ll just have another cup of coffee
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Time to upgrade that to a “bulletproof chicken essence coffee.”
That should really unlock some greatness.
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Thus the sluices comment.
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There’s plenty of greatness to go around.
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Eww. Now I’m thinking of the toilet in Trainspotting.
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It has amino acids, essential building blocks for your body, without the fat. 
Must of did something, I drank a lot of it as a kid and I grew pretty tall.
But is it even made from chicken? I’m unclear on what exactly it is and made out of.