broast
English
A plate of broasted chicken from Pakistan.
Etymology
Blend of broil + roast, originally a trademark (broaster and broasted) established in the 1950s by the American inventor of the process, L. A. M. Phelan.
Verb
broast (third-person singular simple present broasts, present participle broasting, simple past and past participle broasted or broast)
- (transitive) To fry (chicken or other food) in oil under pressure.
- 2004, Joanne Raetz Stuttgen, Cafe Wisconsin: a guide to Wisconsin's down-home cafes, page 21:
- The Phillips Cafe is known for its Flavor Crisp broasted chicken, and Don keeps track of just how much of the crispy poultry pieces he sells each year.
- 2009, William Gibson, Spook Country:
- She ate a dollar-fifty-nine barbecue beef rib with broasted potatoes off a paper plate on the trunk of the Passat, waiting for Alberto to turn up […]
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Noun
broast (plural broasts)
- A meal cooked in this manner.
Related terms
- broaster
Anagrams
- Barots, Bartos, Bators, Botsra, STOBAR, Strabo, Tobars, aborts, boarts, rabots, tabors