airline chicken breast

[ air-lahyn chik-uhn brest ]

noun

1. a boneless chicken breast with the first wing joint still attached and typically prepared with skin on.

Word History and Origins

Origin of airline chicken breast¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

What We Liked Black kale and sprout salad; jumbo lump crab cakes; crispy blackened swordfish maki roll; green curry mussels; shrimp and chorizo risotto; ginger-soy Chilean sea bass; crispy stuffed airline chicken breast; surf and turf.

From New York Times

And don’t overlook the airline chicken breast, which Mr. Dalziel calls “a little retro French-style thing.”

From New York Times