huli-huli chicken

noun

A Hawaiian dish of grilled chicken basted with a sweet sauce.

OriginHawaiian huli →
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Meanings

nounhuli-huli chicken (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA Hawaiian dish of grilled chicken basted with a sweet sauce.

Origin

  1. Hawaiianhuli“turn”
  2. Englishhuli-huli chicken

From Hawaiian huli (“turn”), as the dish is turned on a grill

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