à la king

à la king

A0173300 (ä′lə kĭng′, ăl′ə)adj. Cooked in a cream sauce with green pepper or pimiento and mushrooms.
[Perhaps after William King (died 1915), American cook said to have invented the dish at the Bellevue Hotel in Philadelpia.]

à la king

(ɑː lɑː ˈkɪŋ; æ lə) adj (Cookery) (usually postpositive) cooked in a cream sauce with mushrooms and green peppers

à la king

(ˌɑ lə ˈkɪŋ, ˌæl ə)
adj. diced and served in a cream sauce containing mushrooms, pimiento, and green pepper: chicken à la king.[1915–20]