to grill chicken
5
2.1
- phrasal verb
- /ɡrɪl ˈtʃɪkən/
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- I should go home and make a salad and finish off that leftover grilled chicken.
- grilled chicken breast
- grilled chicken salad
- grilled chicken sandwich
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- You know how when you're grilling chickens and if you like?
Examples
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Jason's mother perched on the edge of a kitchen stool, watching him grill chicken breasts for their dinner.
Fiction book (2002) -
Along with asparagus, I'm also going to finish up the last of my quinoa mac and cheese and some grilled chicken.
Blog text (8) -
At home, Kara played in the backyard while her mom grilled chicken for dinner.
Fiction book (1999) -
They made a very nice grilled chicken, which they traditionally enjoy with French mustard.
Blog text (31) -
Our delicious lunch will be mesquite-grilled chicken, salad, potatoes or rice (cook's choice) and a vegetable.
Academic text (1994) -
One of my go-to meals for dinner is whole wheat pasta, grilled chicken, and broccoli all mixed together with marinara sauce.
Blog text (30) -
It's an excellent wine for meatier fish (salmon or tuna, perhaps), grilled chicken and grilled vegetables, or pork tenderloin.
Blog text (31) -
Add some mesclun, grilled chicken, bleu cheese crumble, and raspberry vinaigrette, and now you've got something there.
Blog text (30) -
Once the red chili flakes are sizzling, add the broccoli florets, sliced grilled chicken, and toasted almonds.
Blog text (15) -
For a delicious summer meal, I plan to grill chicken on the barbecue this weekend.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To prepare food by heating it, for example by boiling or frying
140
1.0
To cook food over direct heat on metal bars
17
2.8
To cook food with strong heat from above so the top becomes brown or crispy
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to cook chicken over direct heat' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'grill' (to cook over direct heat) plus 'chicken' (the meat). This straightforward verb+object construction is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Grill chicken comes from the simple image of putting chicken on hot metal bars or over a fire so the heat makes brown marks and a smoky taste. So it means 'to cook chicken' over direct heat on a grill.