meunière
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A fish dish covered in flour and fried in butter, usually served with lemon and parsley
- noun
- /məˈnjɛr/
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plato meunière
- For dinner, we ordered the sole meunière, which was perfectly crispy and served with lemon.
- sole meunière
Examples
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Easy with that sole meunière.
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You should've had the meunière.
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Suzie, how about some sole meunière and braised celery?
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The restaurant is famous for its trout meunière, a dish loved by many patrons.
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She enjoyed salmon meunière for her birthday, savoring its buttery flavor and fresh parsley.
How Cooked
meunière
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to pan-fry
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Meunière comes from the French word meunier, which means 'miller' and suggests the 'miller's style'. The dish called meunière is dusted with flour and fried in butter, so the name tells you the food is flour-coated and buttery.