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teriyaki chicken

teriyaki chicken

2.4
A Japanese dish of chicken covered in a sweet soy sauce and often grilled
  • noun
  • /ˌtɛriˈɑːki ˈtʃɪkən/
translation icon : pollo teriyaki
  • For dinner, I made teriyaki chicken and served it with a side of miso soup.

Now look, the you know that that Asian kitchen is not putting out an amount of teriyaki chicken that will bankrupt it.

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Examples

  • He blurted, "I smell teriyaki chicken."

    Fiction book (2002)
  • We're going to put put you a little bit of this teriyaki chicken breast right there.

  • Now look, the you know that that Asian kitchen is not putting out an amount of teriyaki chicken that will bankrupt it.

  • Additionally, we'll do some teriyaki chicken wings and some guyosa please.

  • Half veggies, half fried rice, teriyaki chicken, kung pao chicken.

  • I got the Wagyu gyozes, teriyaki chicken, some salmon nigiri, a samba salad.

  • The teriyaki chicken at the restaurant was glazed with a sweet sauce and grilled to perfection.

  • I decided to order the teriyaki chicken, which came with steamed vegetables and rice.

Synonyms

teriyaki
vsteriyaki chicken
6 4.4

A Japanese dish of grilled meat or fish with a sweet soy sauce

is specific to a bird meat glazed with sweet soy sauce rather than general meats

How Sweet

sticky bun
  • US
5 1.3
teriyaki chicken
2.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

teriyaki + chicken

The phrase denotes chicken prepared in the teriyaki style, which is directly derivable from 'teriyaki' (a soy-marinated, grilled/glazed preparation) + 'chicken' (the meat). The cooking-method + food-item composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the meaning.

Etymology

The dish teriyaki chicken gets its name from the Japanese words teri meaning 'shine' and yaki meaning 'grill'. It is chicken grilled with a sweet soy glaze that makes the meat shiny, so the name helps you remember the shiny, glazed chicken.