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pâté chinois

pâté chinois noun: a French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.

Noun

pâté chinois

  1. (Quebec) A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.
    • The golden baked pâté chinois, a shepherd's pie, uses a recipe brought back to Quebec by miners working in China, Me.1991 December 8, Nancy Lyon, “Quebec's Cuisine Has a New Flavor”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    Chinese pie

Synonyms of pâté chinois

Origin of pâté chinois

Borrowed from French pâté chinois.

Questions about pâté chinois

What does pâté chinois mean?
Pâté chinois means a French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.
What part of speech is pâté chinois?
Pâté chinois is a noun.

Words near pâté chinois in the dictionary

  1. pâtissier
  2. pâtissiers
  3. pâtissière
  4. pâtissières
  5. pâté
  6. pâté chinois
  7. pâté de foie gras
  8. pâtés
  9. pâtés de foie gras
  10. Pälkäne
  11. Pärnu

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