chicken-fried
Britishadjective
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(of meats, esp steak) coated in seasoned flour and pan-fried
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informal, oft derogatory variant of countrified Compare Southern-fried
Etymology
Origin of chicken-fried
sense 2 from chicken-fried steak , a popular dish of the Southern US
Example Sentences
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The menu encompasses everything you could imagine, from hefty breakfast platters and patty melts to chicken-fried steak and pot roast.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
It looked like a chicken-fried steak, with a smooth, detached-in-places exoskeleton of carb.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2022
I was never a student of it, any more than I am a student of chicken-fried steak or peach ice cream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2021
“I had to get off social media for a while, so I made a full Texas dinner,” she said — chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes and zucchini casserole.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2020
He bought us cowboy hats and fringed vests, and we ate chicken-fried steaks in restaurants with ice-cold air-conditioning and a miniature jukebox at each table.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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