Home fries explained

Home fries
Alternate Name:	House fries, country potatoes, sometimes American fries
Main Ingredient:	Potatoes, vegetable oil or butter

Home fries (US, Canada), gommer fries (Western Canada), house fries (US), American fries (US), fried potatoes (UK, Canada and regional US), Bratkartoffeln (German), or bistro potatoes (southeastern US) are a type of basic potato dish made by pan- or skillet-frying chunked, sliced, wedged or diced potatoes that are sometimes unpeeled and may have been par-cooked by boiling, baking, steaming, or microwaving.^{[1] [2]} They are sometimes served as a substitute for hash browns.

Home fries (or fried potatoes) are often paired with onions.

In North America, home fries are popular as a breakfast side dish.^[3]

See also

• Bauernfrühstück
• Garbage Plate
• German fries
• French fries
• Hash browns
• List of deep fried foods
• List of potato dishes
• Lyonnaise potatoes
• Potatoes O'Brien
• Waffle fries

Notes and References

1. Book: Storey, M. . 500 Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey and Friends: Mouthwatering, Time-Honored, Tried-And-True, Handed-Down, Soul-Satisfying Dishes . Storey Publishing, LLC . 2012 . 978-1-61212-222-9 . January 9, 2017 . 71 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104173516/https://books.google.com/books?id=NvBkt5uPaz8C&pg=PA71 . January 4, 2018 .
2. Book: Lukins, S. . U.S.A. Cookbook . . 1997 . 978-0-7611-7889-7 . January 9, 2017 . 43 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180104173516/https://books.google.com/books?id=qe9mWXzktlgC&pg=PA43 . January 4, 2018 .
3. Book: Smith, Andrew. The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. 2007. Oxford University Press. New York. 9780195307962. 505.