refryv.
/ˌriːˈfrʌɪ/, U.S. /riˈfraɪ/ transitive. To fry again. Also (esp. in Mexican cookery): to fry (beans) after they have been boiled and mashed (cf. refried adj. 1). Also in figurative contexts.
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1860 A. W. Chase Dr. Chase's Recipes (ed. 8) 185 Slice it up and fry it... When desired, in spring or summer, to have fresh pork, take out what you wish and re-fry suitable for eating.
1916 Classical Jrnl. 12 84 Homer, Virgil,..even Milton and Spenser, will continue to be read and admired, in the original, long after Mushey-Mushey has been rehashed, refried, re-served, and finally consigned to the literary swill-can.
1945 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 25 Apr. 4/3 Fry..until potatoes are tender but not brown... Refry potatoes until brown about two minutes.
1967 V. Bennett Compl. Bean Cookbk. iv. 117 To refry the beans: heat them in the balance of the bacon drippings.
1991 M. L. DeVault Feeding Family iii. 85 I'll take the black beans and I'll mash them in a special little machine that I have and then I'll refry them.
2005 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Aug. (Motoring section) 13 She was refrying some battered fish a customer had returned on the grounds of rawness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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