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Newburg

Newburg

8.6
A rich cream sauce often flavored with sherry served with seafood or chicken
  • noun
  • /ˈnjuːbɜrɡ/
  • US
translation icon : salsa Newburg
  • For the holiday meal, she made chicken Newburg with a touch of sherry in the sauce.

Examples

  • Many seafood restaurants offer lobster Newburg as a classic menu option.

  • The chef poured a generous amount of Newburg over the shrimp for a luxurious appetizer.

  • The chef prepared a delicious Newburg sauce for the lobster.

  • I love Newburg with shrimp on a bed of rice.

  • The chef poured a generous amount of Newburg over the shrimp for a luxurious appetizer.

  • For the holiday meal, she made chicken Newburg with a touch of sherry in the sauce.

  • Many seafood restaurants offer lobster Newburg as a classic menu option.

Synonyms

cream sauce
vsNewburg
6 1.7

A white sauce made from cream used to add flavor to dishes like pasta or chicken

is a sherry flavored, richer variation used mainly with seafood or chicken
Newburg sauce
vsNewburg
  • US
9.5

A rich creamy sauce made from lobster butter, cream, and egg yolks, flavored with sherry and served with seafood

is broader, a rich cream sauce often served with seafood or chicken

Compounds

lobster Newburg
1 7.8

A rich dish of lobster in a creamy sauce on buttered toast or rice

seafood Newburg
  • US
1 8.1

A dish of seafood in a rich creamy sauce served on toast or rice

lobster à la Newburg
9.9

A dish of lobster cooked in a rich cream sauce and served on toast or rice

Newburg sauce
  • US
9.5

A rich creamy sauce made from lobster butter, cream, and egg yolks, flavored with sherry and served with seafood

shrimp Newburg
  • US
7.7

A dish of shrimp cooked in a rich creamy sauce often served in a ring of rice

How Rich

bisque
11 7.4
Newburg
  • US
8.6
cream sauce
6 1.7
broth
76 1.0

Surface Forms

Newburg singular
Newburgs plural

Etymology

Newburg as a sauce probably takes its name from a person or a place; one popular story says a cook named the rich cream and sherry sauce after a guest or captain called Newberg, so the name stuck to dishes like lobster and chicken.