(simile, humorous) Comically describes the taste of unique food, deriving humour from the idea that many exoticmeats, from squab to rattlesnake, can taste like ordinary chicken.
Ever had rabbit?
Yeah. It tastes like chicken.
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Origin of taste-like-chicken
The similarity of proteins in chicken and other meats makes a similar taste inevitable. The common food becomes the benchmark.