pâté chinois en · NOUN
Etymology
Borrowed from French pâté chinois.
Meanings
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(Quebec) A French-Canadian dish of layered ground beef, sweetcorn and mashed potatoes, similar to shepherd's pie.
The golden baked pâté chinois, a shepherd's pie, uses a recipe brought back to Quebec by miners working in China, Me.
1991 December 8, Nancy Lyon, “Quebec's Cuisine Has a New Flavor”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC: