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huli-huli chicken

huli-huli chicken noun: a Hawaiian dish of grilled chicken basted with a sweet sauce.

Noun

huli-huli chicken (uncountable)

  1. A Hawaiian dish of grilled chicken basted with a sweet sauce.

Origin of huli-huli chicken

From Hawaiian huli (“turn”), as the dish is turned on a grill

Questions about huli-huli chicken

What does huli-huli chicken mean?
Huli-huli chicken means a Hawaiian dish of grilled chicken basted with a sweet sauce.
What part of speech is huli-huli chicken?
Huli-huli chicken is a noun.

Words near huli-huli chicken in the dictionary

  1. Hulhuhdhoo
  2. Hulhule
  3. Hulhumalé
  4. Hulhuvaarulaa
  5. Hulhuvahi
  6. huli-huli chicken
  7. Huliaipole
  8. hulijing
  9. Hulin
  10. Huling
  11. Hulings

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