Moo goo gai pan (; Cantonese: ) is the Americanized version of a Cantonese dish – chicken with mushroom in oyster sauce (), which can be a stir-fry dish or a dish made in a claypot. The Chinese-American version is a simple stir-fried dish with thin sliced chicken, white button mushrooms, and other vegetables. The chicken is thinly sliced as the word ; means thin slices. Popular vegetable additions include bok choy, snow peas, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, carrots, and/or Chinese cabbage (Napa cabbage). Etymology The name comes from the Cantonese names of the ingredients (note that tone marks here do not match Mandarin tones): moo goo (; ): 'button mushrooms' gai (; ): 'chicken' pan (; ): 'slices' See also List of chicken dishes References American Chinese chicken dishes Cantonese words and phrases