chicken Kiev
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɪkɪn kiˈɛv/
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pollo Kiev
- - There's a chicken Kiev in the freezer.
OK, the the most if not the most famous dish, one of the two great dishes is called Chicken Kiev.
- OK, the the most if not the most famous dish, one of the two great dishes is called Chicken Kiev.
- In other news, huge news, Sainsbury's is renaming the chicken Kiev to the chicken Kiev.
- You know, it's like if you're making a meal, you know, chicken Kiev, you need the chicken, you need the ham, you need the butter sauce.
Examples
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You want the free range Chicken Kiev with potatoes or vegetables over risotto in a bell pepper sauce?
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- How's your chicken Kiev? -
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- You know chicken Kiev? - I do.
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It's gonna be you and me, laughing over chicken Kiev.
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In other news, huge news, Sainsbury's is renaming the chicken Kiev to the chicken Kiev.
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They're serving chicken kiev.
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You know, it's like if you're making a meal, you know, chicken Kiev, you need the chicken, you need the ham, you need the butter sauce.
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At the restaurant, I ordered chicken Kiev with a side of garlic mashed potatoes.
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For dinner, we decided to make chicken Kiev stuffed with herbed butter and served with salad.
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She surprised her guests by preparing chicken Kiev for the special occasion, filling each piece with savory garlic butter.
How Rich
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The combination 'chicken' + 'Kiev' clearly signals to a learner that this is a chicken dish associated with the city of Kiev, so at a basic level the referent (a type of chicken dish) is inferable. However, the precise preparation method (pounded, stuffed with butter, rolled, breaded and fried) is a conventional recipe-specific meaning that cannot be derived from the constituents alone, so full understanding requires prior exposure.
Etymology
Chicken Kiev may come from cooks who made a thin chicken breast, put a piece of seasoned butter inside, then rolled and fried it so the butter 'melts' and flows out when you cut it. One popular story says it was named after the city of Kiev, so the name helps you remember a chicken with hot butter inside.