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chicken cordon bleu

chicken cordon bleu noun: thin slices of chicken pressed together and breaded, with a filling of cheese and a ham slice inside, and baked or sautéed.

chicken cordon bleu: thin slices of chicken pressed together and breaded, with a filling of cheese and a ham slice...
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Noun

chicken cordon bleu (uncountable)

  1. Thin slices of chicken pressed together and breaded, with a filling of cheese and a ham slice inside, and baked or sautéed.

Origin of chicken cordon bleu

From chicken + cordon bleu.

Questions about chicken cordon bleu

What does chicken cordon bleu mean?
Chicken cordon bleu means thin slices of chicken pressed together and breaded, with a filling of cheese and a ham slice inside, and baked or sautéed.
What part of speech is chicken cordon bleu?
Chicken cordon bleu is a noun.

Words near chicken cordon bleu in the dictionary

  1. chicken cholera
  2. chicken colonel
  3. chicken colonels
  4. chicken coop
  5. chicken coops
  6. chicken cordon bleu
  7. chicken cutlet
  8. chicken cutlet Kiev-style
  9. chicken cutlet Kyiv-style
  10. chicken cutlets
  11. chicken dance

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