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How to Pan-Fry Salmon Fillets | The Food Lab
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It’s Always Fry-Day: Crispy Potato Cups Put Potato Skins to Shame
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How to Make the Best Potato Hash | The Food Lab
Pouring a tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet to test if it's okay to use olive oil for high heat cooking.
Cooking With Olive Oil: Should You Fry and Sear in It or Not?
Chicken being deep-fried in a wok
Wok Skills 101: Deep-Frying
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13 Quick and Dirty Tips for Frying Latkes
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The Best Fried Cauliflower (Buffalo and Korean Style)
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Crispy Apple Rings Recipe
A platter of buttermilk-brined southern fried chicken.
The Best Buttermilk-Brined Southern Fried Chicken Recipe
McDonald's-style thin and crispy french fries in plastic basket.
Perfect Thin and Crispy French Fries Recipe
Overhead view of fried artichoke hearts plattered with lemon wedges
Roman-Jewish Fried Artichokes (Carciofi alla Giudia) Recipe
A plate of crispy buffalo fried cauliflower, with celery sticks on the side of the plate.
Crispy Buffalo Fried Cauliflower (Vegan) Recipe
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Fish Po' Boys Recipe
A single funnel cake on a blue platter, dusted with powdered sugar.
Easy Funnel Cake Recipe
Taiwanese fried chicken on a blue plate
Taiwanese Popcorn Chicken With Furu (Fermented Bean Curd)
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Potato Doughnuts
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Pommes Dauphine
Youtiao on a plate next to a platter of youtiao
Youtiao
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Toothpick Lamb
Two kheema samosas on a plate, one broken open to show its interior
Lamb Kheema Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Ground Lamb)
Samosas on a serving plate with a ramekin of herb chutney alongside
Aloo Samosa (Samosa Stuffed With Spiced Potato and Peas)
Buttermilk fried rabbit pieces on a serving plate
Southern Fried Rabbit
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Lumpiang Shanghai (Filipino Egg Rolls)
two turon on a plate with a scoop of ube ice cream dripping down the side
Turon (Filipino fried banana rolls)
Puff Puff stacked neatly in a bowl in a pyramid formation
Puff Puff (Nigerian Fried Yeasted Dough)
Akara on a deep blue bowl with a serving of white bread and a serving plate
Akara (Nigerian Black-Eyed Pea Fritters)
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20 Crispy, Salty, Just-Greasy-Enough Fried Foods We Love
A plate of Somali sambusas, with one broken open to show the beef filling.
Somali Sambusas Recipe | Cook the Book
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Duck Tongue Recipe
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Boston Cream Doughnuts Recipe
Shankarpali (Diwali treat)
Shankarpali (Shakarpara) Recipe
The Best Fried Chicken Gizzards
Deep-fried spiralled chiroti on a silver serving platter.
Savory Chiroti
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Crispy Filipino-Style Fried Spareribs Recipe
Chicken fried steak on a white plate on a purple and pink stripped towel on a blue backdrop
Tender and Beefy Chicken-Fried Steak Recipe
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Deep-Fried Tripe Recipe
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Deep Fried Pizza Recipe
A raw pig's tail sliced in half to reveal its cross-section.
Deep-Fried Pig's Tail Recipe
A small bowl of homemade chicharrones
How to Make Colombian-Style Chicharrones
An oval wooden platter holding crispy deep-fried jalapeño poppers and a small bowl of tomato sauce. There is a hand dipping a popper into the tomato sauce, and the periphery of the image contains other snacks, such as pretzels, popcorn, and chips.
Crispy Deep-Fried Jalapeño Poppers Recipe
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Fried Coke Recipe
Closeup of homemade mini donettes covered in powdered sugar
DIY Donettes (Mini Sugar-Coated Doughnuts) Recipe
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Deep-Fried Brains Recipe
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The Nasty Bits: Deep-Fried Pig's Ears Recipe
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Yeast-Raised Doughnuts Recipe
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Tod Man Khao Pod (Thai Corn Fritters) Recipe
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Crispy Cinnamon-Sugar-Coated Cream Cheese Wontons With Nutella-Dulce de Leche Dipping Sauce Recipe
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Homemade Tortilla Chips Recipe
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Double-Fried Chicken With Lemons and Jalapenos Recipe
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Gluten-Free Tuesday: Mozzarella Sticks Recipe
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Gluten-Free Hush Puppies Recipe
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Calzones Rotos (Chilean Fried Pastries) Recipe
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Fried-Avocado Tacos With Chipotle Cream, Cabbage, and Pickled Red Onions Recipe
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Chicharrón Burrito Recipe
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Deep-Fried, Sous Vide, 36-Hour, All-Belly Porchetta Recipe
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Quesadilla Fritas (Fried Quesadillas) With Pickled Jalapeños, Cilantro, and Chipotle Crema Recipe
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Korean Nachos Recipe
Spicy Tortas de Milanesa Recipe