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POULET JAMAICAINE [1 record]

Record 1 2018-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
  • Prepared Dishes (Cooking)
DEF

Spicy hot chicken.

OBS

This expression probably comes from "jerkey" or "biltong", a South African form of dried meat. Cured and cut into thin strips, it is left to dry as a way of preserving the meat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
  • Plats cuisinés
OBS

Poulet découpé en petits morceaux, épicé et cuit dans une friture. On cuit du bœuf et du porc de la même façon. Cette méthode d'apprêt est typiquement Jamaïcaine.

Key term(s)
  • charqui

Spanish

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