🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

저크 치킨

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeokeu chikin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Jerk Chicken/dʒɜrk ˈtʃɪkən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"저크 치킨은 카리브해 요리에서 인기 있는 요리입니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A spicy dish of chicken that is marinated in a mixture of spices and grilled or smoked.

    "At the Caribbean festival, the jerk chicken was the most popular dish among attendees."
  2. 2

    A style of cooking that involves marinating meat with spices and cooking it over a fire.

    "The restaurant specializes in jerk chicken and other traditional Caribbean dishes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'jerk' originates from the Spanish word 'charqui', which means dried meat. It evolved in Jamaica during the 17th century, where it came to describe a style of cooking that involves marinating meat with a spicy mixture and cooking it over an open flame.

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