Bresse chicken

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).
Poulet de Bresse
A labelled poulet de Bresse
Typepullet, chicken or capon
Place of originFrance
Region or stateBresse
Other informationProtected designation of origin (PDO) and appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) status
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