Meaning & use
broasted chicken
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Meaning
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Chicken cooked in a special pressure fryer that makes it crispy outside and juicy inside.
Grammar: Used like other food words: no article before it when talking about the food in general.
Patterns
- broasted chicken
- a piece of broasted chicken
- order broasted chicken
We stopped at a roadside restaurant and ordered broasted chicken.
Broasted chicken is crispier than regular fried chicken because of the pressure cooking.
The menu listed broasted chicken with fries and coleslaw.
Common combinations
- broasted chicken and fries
- The diner serves broasted chicken and fries as a special.
- a bucket of broasted chicken
- He bought a bucket of broasted chicken for the picnic.
- crispy broasted chicken
- The crispy broasted chicken was the best part of the meal.
Synonyms and how they differ
- fried chicken
- The general term for chicken cooked in hot oil; 'broasted chicken' specifically means chicken cooked under pressure, which makes it juicier.
- roast chicken
- Chicken cooked in an oven with dry heat; it is not the same as broasted chicken, which is fried under pressure.
Commonly confused: broasted chicken or roasted chicken?
broasted chicken vs roasted chicken
Roasted chicken is cooked in an oven; broasted chicken is cooked in a pressure fryer, so the cooking method and texture are different.
Practice
What does 'broasted chicken' mean?
Choose one answer.
Broasted chicken is cooked in a special pressure fryer, which makes it crispy outside and juicy inside. The other options describe different cooking methods.
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