Definition of a la plancha in US English:
 a la plancha
adjective & adverbˌä lə ˈplän(t)SHə
(of meat or fish) pan-fried or cooked on a griddle.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  Go and enjoy chipirones a la plancha, Gambas a la plancha (grill prawn) and rape a la plancha, just great.
 -  The addition of potato is optional, though when potato and vegetables are added it is normally cooked on a hot plate and called pulpo a la plancha.
 -  After a lifetime of oily, canned sardines, sardinas a la plancha were like a divine revelation.
 -  In this real art book, he applies himself to illustrate an original recipe of Jacques and Laurent Pourcel in order to elaborate grilled squids a la plancha.
 -  Slices of deep-sea fish are usually done a la plancha: aguja, rape (this is the one which makes the Brits howl, especially the usual translation of the dish ‘rape a la marinera - rape, seaman's style ’) which is nothing more frightening than angler (what the French call ‘lotte’), and pez espada (swordfish).
 
  Definition of a la plancha in US English:
 a la plancha
adverb & adjectiveˌä lə ˈplän(t)SHə
(of meat or fish) pan-fried or cooked on a griddle.
 Example sentencesExamples
-  In this real art book, he applies himself to illustrate an original recipe of Jacques and Laurent Pourcel in order to elaborate grilled squids a la plancha.
 -  Slices of deep-sea fish are usually done a la plancha: aguja, rape (this is the one which makes the Brits howl, especially the usual translation of the dish ‘rape a la marinera - rape, seaman's style ’) which is nothing more frightening than angler (what the French call ‘lotte’), and pez espada (swordfish).
 -  Go and enjoy chipirones a la plancha, Gambas a la plancha (grill prawn) and rape a la plancha, just great.
 -  After a lifetime of oily, canned sardines, sardinas a la plancha were like a divine revelation.
 -  The addition of potato is optional, though when potato and vegetables are added it is normally cooked on a hot plate and called pulpo a la plancha.