Ideally, a chicken of 2kg. can be divided into 13 plates. The drumstick and the thigh off course will fetch a higher price. Cutting of a chicken will also determine your profits and if you don't cut it well, you can lose money. A quality chicken is about RM15.00 per bird. I don't know how you prepare but usually a bird can generate about RM50.00 if you sell normal (not thigh and drumstick) at RM4.00. This also includes everything, the rice, chilly sauce, sauce, garnishing soup. White chicken (boiled chicken) must be used the same day and roasted ones, can only be kept a day if it is still uncut. Once halved, you can't really keep overnight but if you still insists on selling the next day, you will lose customers.

If you prepare chicken less than 2kg. you will loose more turnover as they can't be divided into the 13 plates. If you sell 4 chickens a day, it just breaking even and anything less than that, you can forget about it unless you have other food to sell. Chinese has others like 'char siew' and roasted pork but malay only sells chicken. Say, anyone want to learn chicken rice, I can teach for a small fee.

You sound very experience to me. Have you tried out chicken rice biz before?

Yes, I have but wherever you go, thee's always another few who will start doing near you.   That's KL. Once chicken was only RM4.50 a kilo and that time chicken rice was selling for RM3.00 a plate. The last time I operated, the chicken costs fluctuate between RM6.50 to RM7.20 a kilo. Selling price per plate RM3.30 and then cannot tahan RM3.80. Then my car, a Tiara kaputted . Not worthwhile to repair and was hard doing chicken rice without a car so finally gave up. Business, so so only. In my area there are 2 others operated by Myanmarese and another two locals with one speciality store (meaning only chicken rice). People tend to eat there. Myanmarese can survive with RM30.00 profit a day but me and wife definately cannot. LOL. Susah larr.

Wah RM30 only profit a day.. i should make alot of homework before start this biz, btw, my mil friend offer me a shop nearby puduraya.. but i havent check it out yet, we will be discussing on it and survey the place by this weekend.. btw, my friend said, if u want to put up a resaturant, u must have.. don't know whether sijil kesihatan or kebersihan.. is it tru? she said i have to attend a course for the cert?

Sure,

1. Don't ask broad questions.
2. Don't expect to be spoon-fed.
3. Do your own research first, before asking questions.

See you in a few more days.

Try search google.. Ebook Resepi Rahsia Nasi Ayam Hainan.. My friend bought that ebook and now he selling nasi ayam hainan.. Very sedap..