lyonnaise

[ lahy-uh-neyz; French lee-aw-nez ]

adjective

1. (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.

lyonnaise

/ ljɔnɛz; ˌlaɪəˈneɪz /

adjective

1. (of food) cooked or garnished with onions, usually fried

Word History and Origins

Origin of lyonnaise¹

1840–50; < French ( à la ) lyonnaise (feminine adj.) in the manner of Lyons

Example Sentences

I ate Black Forest ham from the real Black Forest, and ate a salade lyonnaise in Lyon.

From Salon

It’s juicy, fruity and pure, and I imagine it would be deliciously refreshing with blood sausage, tripe and other essentials of cuisine lyonnaise.

From New York Times

Next week, it will be trout grenobloise, and the one after will feature salade lyonnaise, with more to come.

From New York Times

There’s a sort of salade lyonnaise — I say sort of because the lardons you’d find in Lyon have been replaced by smoked eel.

From New York Times

First comes oeuf en meurette — poached eggs in a rich, red-wine sauce — and then a selection of charcuterie, wild boar terrine, lentil salad and salade lyonnaise, with its fat hunks of smoked bacon.

From Washington Post