home fries

plural noun

|Updated on: 16 Aug 2018

Definition of home fries

: potatoes that have usually been parboiled, sliced, and then fried — called also home fried potatoes

Recent Examples of home fries from the Web

The menu consists of eggs, steak, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, beans, and more.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 12 June 2018
The menu consists of eggs, steak, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, beans, and more.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 12 June 2018
What to try: The classics include the Baby Ray (three pieces of chicken smothered with gravy and onions and two waffles); and the Momma White's (one piece of chicken prepared Southern style with grits, two eggs, home fries and toast).

— kellie hwang, azcentral, "It's National Fried Chicken Day! Phoenix restaurants for best fried chicken," 6 July 2018
The menu consists of eggs, steak, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, beans, and more.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 12 June 2018
The menu consists of eggs, steak, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, beans, and more.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 12 June 2018
The menu consists of eggs, steak, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, beans, and more.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 12 June 2018
The menu consists of eggs, steak, pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, home fries, beans, and more.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 29 May 2018
The menu is scrambled eggs, French toast, home fries, ham, sausage, coffee, tea, orange juice and hot cocoa.

— Courant Community, "Community News For The Colchester Edition," 10 Apr. 2018

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