deep-fry

American  

[deep-frahy] / ˈdipˈfraɪ /

verb (used with object)

deep-fried, deep-frying

1. to fry in a quantity of fat sufficient to cover the food being cooked.

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deep-fry British  

verb

1. to cook (fish, potatoes, etc) in sufficient hot fat to cover the food entirely

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Etymology

Origin of deep-fry

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

It’s not like one of those vegan places that’s trying to trick you or deep-fry their way around things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2026

Since we don’t deep-fry them, there’s no need to roll the filled tortillas into tubes; spooning the filling over one half of a flour tortilla and folding it over will do.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Of all of the methods I tested, deep-fry is the one I regret most.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2022

You can even deep-fry the heads for what Kevin Pang in The Takeout describes as “a sweet and creamy seafood kettle-fried potato chip.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2022

Why didn’t we like the thick fatty pig skin that she would deep-fry so long that it tasted like rubber?

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat