Meaning & use
Relleno
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A stuffing or filling used in cooking, or a dish made by stuffing a vegetable, meat, or pastry.
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The chile relleno arrived stuffed with melted cheese and battered until golden.
Her grandmother's relleno recipe called for ground pork, raisins, and hard-boiled egg.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Spanish, where "relleno" literally means "filled" or "stuffed"; it appears widely in Mexican, Filipino, and other Spanish-influenced cuisines.
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