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to deep-fat-fry

to deep-fat-fry

1 3.3
To cook food by putting it completely in hot oil
  • phrasal verb
  • /ˈdipˌfætˈfraɪ/
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  • In March, a Florida radio talk show host named Todd Alan Clem, known as Bubba the Love Sponge, said he was going to "deep fat fry" a copy of the Koran as a stunt, the reports said.
  • deep-fat fried pig skin
  • deep-fat fried pig

That is everything you need to batter and deep fat fry.

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Examples

  • Yeah, because the problem with if you deep you can deep fat fry anything and it'll taste good because you're deep fat frying it.

    Brain Blaze

  • She tried to hold onto that thought while they were forcing her to eat the deep-fat-fried chicken with the skin still on, crackly and spicy.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • WASHINGTON (AFP) -- A Florida socialite at the heart of a scandal that brought down the CIA chief was once asked by him to stop a radio talk show host who was threatening to "deep fat fry" the Koran, US media reported early on Saturday.

    Blog text (14)

  • At the fair, I watched them deep-fat fry the corn dogs until they were golden brown.

  • You can deep-fat fry potatoes to make crispy French fries that everyone loves.

  • When preparing the meal, I decided to deep-fat fry the shrimp for extra flavor.

Synonyms

to deep-fry
vsto deep-fat-fry
8 2.8

Cook food by putting it completely in hot oil

is the same meaning but written in a longer hyphenated form
to french-fry
vsto deep-fat-fry
  • US
3 2.6

To cook food in hot oil until it becomes crisp and golden

focuses on complete immersion rather than the crisp golden result

How Fried

to deep-fat-fry
1 3.3
to pan-fry
3 2.9

Surface Forms

deep-fat-fry infinitive
deep-fat-fried past
deep-fat-fried past participle
deep-fat-frying present participle
deep-fat-fries third person singular

Morphology

deep-fat-fry = deep + fat + fry (transparent) = deep + fat + fry

The verb clearly denotes frying by immersion in a large amount of hot fat, a direct combination of the components 'deep' + 'fat' + 'fry'.

Etymology

Deep-fat-fry comes from three simple words: deep 'completely', fat 'cooking oil', and fry 'to cook in hot fat'. So, to deep-fat-fry something is to put it fully into hot oil to cook it until it becomes crisp.