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à la king
[ ah luh king, al-uh ]
adjective
- (of cooked fowl, fish, etc.) diced and served in a cream sauce containing mushrooms, pimiento, or green pepper:
chicken à la king.
à la king
/ ɑː lɑː ˈkɪŋ; æ lə /
adjective
- usually postpositive cooked in a cream sauce with mushrooms and green peppers
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Word History and Origins
Origin of à la king1
First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences
To prepare cream sauce for à la King and au gratin dishes, use four level tablespoons flour to each cup milk.
From Project Gutenberg
But chicken-à-la-king will live to perpetuate his name as long as there are chickens to be eaten and men to eat them.
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