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)

  1. (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 […]

Noun

broast (plural broasts)

  1. A meal cooked in this manner.

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