fried

fried — adjective

1. Fried food has been cooked in very hot oil until it develops a brown, crisp oute

1.形容詞A2
釋義

Fried food has been cooked in very hot oil until it develops a brown, crisp outer surface.

例句

Min ordered a plate of fried chicken for lunch.

common food pairing: fried chicken

The fried rice at Apinya's restaurant has a smoky flavour from the wok.

common food pairing: fried rice

同義詞
  • deep-fried

    specifically means the food was fully submerged in oil, giving a thicker, crunchier coating

  • pan-fried

    cooked in a shallow pan with a small amount of oil, usually over medium heat

  • stir-fried

    cooked quickly in a wok with a little oil while tossing the ingredients, common in East Asian cooking

  • sautéed

    cooked quickly in a small amount of oil or butter over high heat, often for vegetables or small pieces of meat

反義詞
  • boiled

    cooked in water at 100°C rather than in oil

  • steamed

    cooked with hot steam instead of hot oil

  • grilled

    cooked over a fire or on a hot metal surface without oil

  • raw

    not cooked at all

用法筆記

Frequently placed before a food noun (chicken, rice, egg, fish, tofu, vegetables) to show that the item was cooked in hot oil rather than by another method such as boiling or steaming.

常見錯誤

❌I ate fried for dinner.
✅I ate fried chicken for dinner.
💡'fried' is an adjective and needs to modify a noun; it cannot stand alone as a noun.
❌I fried the potatoes for thirty minutes.' (when describing the finished dish as a property)
✅I made fried potatoes.
💡'fried' as an adjective describes the final state of the food; the cooking action uses the verb 'fry.'