chicken Tetrazzini

4.0

A creamy pasta dish with chicken and mushrooms often topped with cheese

noun
/ˈtɛtrəˌzini/

: pollo Tetrazzini

I made chicken Tetrazzini for dinner last night.

Examples

We ordered chicken Tetrazzini at the Italian restaurant, and it was rich and comforting.
My mother makes a delicious chicken Tetrazzini every Thanksgiving for our family dinner.
Leftover turkey can easily be substituted in this classic chicken Tetrazzini recipe.
Have you ever tried chicken Tetrazzini?
We enjoyed a delicious chicken Tetrazzini for dinner, which was creamy and full of mushrooms.
At the restaurant, I ordered chicken Tetrazzini topped with melted cheese and served over fettuccine.
She prepared a classic homemade chicken Tetrazzini, combining tender chicken, pasta, and a rich, creamy sauce.

Synonyms

Tetrazzini

vschicken Tetrazzini

3 6.0

An American baked pasta in a creamy sauce with mushrooms and chicken or seafood

uses only poultry rather than mixed proteins

How Creamy

cream sauce

6 1.7

fettuccine Alfredo

1 3.2

chicken Tetrazzini

4.0

chicken casserole

2 1.6

Surface Forms

chicken Tetrazzini singular

chicken Tetrazzinis plural

Morphology

chicken + Tetrazzini

This is a straightforward ingredient + dish-name combination: if a learner knows 'chicken' and understands 'Tetrazzini' as a baked pasta in creamy sauce, they can infer it is Tetrazzini prepared with chicken. The pattern follows common culinary noun modification in English (ingredient + dish), so the meaning is compositionally derivable.

Etymology

Chicken Tetrazzini may come from the Italian opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini. One popular story says a chef made a rich, creamy pasta with chicken for her and 'named' the dish after Tetrazzini, which is why the name now means chicken served in a creamy sauce over pasta.