poulette

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A creamy French sauce with chopped parsley for eggs or vegetables

noun

Specialized

: salsa poulette

The chef prepared a delicious poulette sauce for the fish.

Examples

The chef drizzled the delicate fish with a rich poulette to enhance its flavor.
Have you ever tasted poulette with chicken?
In classic French cooking, a poulette is often paired with eggs or vegetables.
She learned to prepare poulette from a recipe in her grandmother's French cookbook.
In classic French cooking, a poulette is often paired with eggs or vegetables.
She learned to prepare poulette from a recipe in her grandmother's French cookbook.
The chef drizzled the delicate fish with a rich poulette to enhance its flavor.

Surface Forms

poulette singular

poulettes plural

Etymology

Poulette comes from French poulet, which means 'young chicken', with the small ending -ette that means 'little', and is related to the English word poultry. So a poulette sauce is like a 'little chicken' sauce made to go with poultry and other delicate foods, which explains why the sauce is mild and creamy today.