plural boudins
bü-ˈdanz 
-ˈdaⁿ
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: a spicy Cajun sausage containing rice and meat (such as pork) or seafood
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Take these sweet-potato-and-chorizo-sausage balls as the rest of the South's answer to Louisiana's savory boudin balls–each delicious bite is loaded with meat with a little kick from spicy chorizo.
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Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Groups crowded into cozy window seats sipping glasses of natural wine, then ran into more friends and decided to stay for a late dinner of oysters and boudin blanc in the next-door dining room.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2024
The boudin sits on a square of brioche, its amorphous form covered by a delicately fried egg dripping yolk.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
These days, visitors come for boudin balls and crawfish étouffée.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2021
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Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Groups crowded into cozy window seats sipping glasses of natural wine, then ran into more friends and decided to stay for a late dinner of oysters and boudin blanc in the next-door dining room.
—Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Nov. 2024
The boudin sits on a square of brioche, its amorphous form covered by a delicately fried egg dripping yolk.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2022
These days, visitors come for boudin balls and crawfish étouffée.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 July 2021
See All Example Sentences for boudin
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