Home fries

{{short description|Potato dish}}

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| alternate_name = House fries, country potatoes, sometimes American fries

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| main_ingredient = Potatoes, vegetable oil or butter

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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.{{cite book | last=Storey | first=M. | title=500 Treasured Country Recipes from Martha Storey and Friends: Mouthwatering, Time-Honored, Tried-And-True, Handed-Down, Soul-Satisfying Dishes | publisher=Storey Publishing, LLC | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-61212-222-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvBkt5uPaz8C&pg=PA71 | access-date=January 9, 2017 | page=71 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104173516/https://books.google.com/books?id=NvBkt5uPaz8C&pg=PA71 | archive-date=January 4, 2018 }}{{cite book | last=Lukins | first=S. | title=U.S.A. Cookbook | publisher=Workman Publishing Company | year=1997 | isbn=978-0-7611-7889-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qe9mWXzktlgC&pg=PA43 | access-date=January 9, 2017 | page=43 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104173516/https://books.google.com/books?id=qe9mWXzktlgC&pg=PA43 | archive-date=January 4, 2018 }} 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.{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Andrew|title=The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=9780195307962|page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000unse_e9i9/page/505 505]|url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont0000unse_e9i9/page/505}}