Jessie, girl left with American dish (7,8)
I believe the answer is:
chicken maryland
'dish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'jessie girl left with american' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'girl' could be 'maryl' and 'maryl' is found within the answer.
'with' could be 'and' and 'and' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'chicken' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chicken maryland that I've seen before include "meal" , "dish" .)