Meaning & use

goujon

noun·Academic

A small strip of fish or chicken, typically coated in breadcrumbs or batter and fried.

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The children happily ate their chicken goujons with a side of ketchup.

The restaurant served cod goujons with a tangy tartar sauce.

A note on using this word

Goujon comes from French and is common on British menus; it originally referred to a small freshwater fish, gudgeon.

Words with a similar meaning

stripfillet

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