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refry

refry

2.5
A side dish of mashed cooked beans cooked again in oil, common in Mexican food
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛfˌraɪ/
  • US
translation icon : ración de frijoles refritos
  • At the restaurant, I ordered a plate of tacos accompanied by refried beans.

Examples

  • I'm putting some refried beans on tortillas.

  • It also has rice and refried beans in it.

  • So I, I just got some refried bean beef Patty.

  • I love California Mexican food, that California soft, fluffy rice and there's refried beans.

  • So I'm just going to spread the refried beans onto a wrap and then add some grated mozzarella on top of it and then add another wrap as well.

  • You need a can of refried beans, cream cheese, Taco seasoning mix, Taco sauce, sour cream and cheese and you just mix that all together.

  • I got that Taco flour tortillas, refried beans, hard Taco shells, ground beef, Velveeta.

  • Inside you will find braised briskets, collard greens, potatoes and refried beans, and on the side is a homemade BBQ sauce.

  • Now these are made of fresh peppermint salsa Verde, candy cane, sour cream, peppermint marinated chicken, peppermint oil, refried beans.

  • Refried beans are often served as a side dish with refried beans.

Synonyms

refried beans
vsrefry
4 1.2

Dried beans that are cooked, mashed, and fried and often served with Mexican food

refers to the dish served as a side rather than the step by step preparation
frijoles refritos
vsrefry
  • US
5.2

A Mexican dish of cooked, mashed beans fried with fat and spices

refers to a serving or side rather than the dish name

Surface Forms

refry singular
refried beans plural
refrys plural

Morphology

refry = refry (semi-transparent) = re + fry

The dish sense is built from the idea of something being fried again, but as a noun it is a specialized culinary use rather than a fully predictable event noun.

Etymology

Refry for a side dish comes from Spanish cooking and the word refrito, which is built from re- 'again' + fry 'to cook in hot oil'. So a refry is a serving of food—often beans—that has been fried again and served as a side.