1 à la provençale | Definition of à la provençale

à la provençale

adjective
variants: or à la provencale

Definition of à la provençale

cooking
: prepared in the style of Provence typically with garlic and olive oil … a chicken sautéed in oil with garlic and tomato, garnished with fried eggs and the crayfish. It was really a turn on chicken à la provençale, with eggs and crayfish added.— Raymond A. Sokolov, The Cook’s Canon, 2003

First Known Use of à la provençale

1733, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for à la provençale

borrowed from French, “in the Provençal manner”

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