à l'américaine

[ ah luh-mer-i-keyn, -ken; French ala-mey-ree-ken ]

adjectiveFrench Cooking.
  1. prepared with tomatoes, garlic, wine, shallots, and herbs: lobster à l’américaine.

Origin of à l'américaine

1
<French: in the American style

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