goujon

¹

[ goo-juhn ]

noun

, plural gou·jons, (especially collectively) gou·jon.

1. flathead catfish.

Goujon

²

[ goo-zhawn ]

noun

1. Jean [zhah, n], c1510–c1568, French sculptor.

goujon

/ ˈɡuːʒɒn /

noun

1. a small strip of fish or chicken, coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried

Word History and Origins

Origin of goujon¹

1880–85, Americanism; < Louisiana French, French: gudgeon ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of goujon¹

French, literally: gudgeon

Example Sentences

"The chicken was the size of a piece of popcorn chicken, not even a goujon or a chicken nugget, it was smaller than that," said Ms Cooper.

From BBC

The company said hot food like chicken goujons, wedges and pizza were popular, adding total sales were up 17% on 2022.

From BBC

Various supermarket chains have also attempted to meet the burgeoning demand for vegan products with highly processed vegan ready meals – from the Impossible Burger to plant-based meatballs, goujons and hot dogs.

From The Guardian

Among them was a spicy veggie wrap the international brand released in Europe that features red pesto, vegetarian goujon – a deep-fried strip of veggie meat – relish, tomato, lettuce and red onion.

From Fox News

Its main ingredient is supposed to be a red pesto vegetarian goujon, but customers have been given chicken nuggets instead.

From BBC