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noun
a dish consisting of diced chicken in a cream sauce, and often with sherry, mushrooms, and vegetables, served over rice, pasta, or bread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
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noun
Alternative form of chicken à la King.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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History
From chicken + à la + King. Uncertain, but likely named in the 1890s by hotel cook William "Bill" King of the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelphia.
