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moo goo gai pan

moo goo gai pan noun: an Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.

Noun

moo goo gai pan (uncountable)

  1. An Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.

Forms of moo goo gai pan

alternative formmogu-jipian
alternative formmogujipian
alternative formmo gu ji pian

Origin of moo goo gai pan

Borrowed from Taishanese 蘑菇雞片／蘑菇鸡片 (mo³ gu¹ gai¹ pen^(1*), literally “sliced chicken with button mushrooms”).

Questions about moo goo gai pan

What does moo goo gai pan mean?
Moo goo gai pan means an Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.
What part of speech is moo goo gai pan?
Moo goo gai pan is a noun.

Words near moo goo gai pan in the dictionary

  1. Monégasques
  2. monœcious
  3. moo
  4. moo cow
  5. moo cows
  6. moo goo gai pan
  7. moo juice
  8. moo shoo
  9. moo shu
  10. Moo U
  11. moo-cow

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