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chicken
adjectives
fresh
(= recently killed and not frozen )
• Is the chicken fresh?
frozen
• We never buy cheap frozen chicken.
free-range
(= from a chicken that moved around outside and ate naturally )
• All the chicken we serve is free-range.
roast chicken
(= cooked in an oven )
• For dinner we're having roast chicken.
fried chicken
(= cooked in oil )
• They filled their plates with fried chicken.
skinless chicken
(= with the skin removed )
• For this recipe, you will need a two pounds of skinless chicken.
chicken + NOUN
chicken breast/thigh/wing
• Chop the chicken breast into pieces.
a chicken piece
(= a chicken breast, leg, thigh or wing )
• You will need two chicken pieces per person.
chicken drumsticks
(= the lower part of chicken legs )
• party food, such as sandwiches and chicken drumsticks
a chicken sandwich/salad/pie etc
• I'll make a chicken pie with the leftovers.
verbs
stuff a chicken
(= fill a chicken with a mixture of onion, lemon, herbs etc )
carve a chicken
(= cut up a whole chicken that has been cooked )
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noun bird ADJ. battery, corn-fed, free-range Battery chickens have miserable lives. | plump | scrawny | live a crate of live chickens VERB + CHICKEN keep | kill | pluck | truss (up) Are we just going to sit here like trussed up chickens? CHICKEN + VERB peck | scratch A few scrawny chickens were scratching around the yard. | cluck | roost | wander CHICKEN + NOUN farmer | coop, run | wire | feed meat ADJ. fresh, frozen | juicy, succulent, tender | cold QUANT. piece VERB + CHICKEN eat, have | cook | barbecue, fry, grill, roast, etc. | stuff CHICKEN + NOUN breast, drumsticks, giblets, joint, leg, liver, piece, thigh, wing | casserole, curry, pie, salad, sandwich, soup, stock PHRASES (a) breast/leg of chicken, chicken and chipsFOOD
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