A dish of French fries
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Name | French fries |
Caption | A dish of French fries |
Alternate Name | Belgian fries, chips, fries, French-fried potatoes, steak fries, wedges, potato wedges, frites |
Country | Belgium |
Course | Side dish or, rarely, as a main dish |
Served | Hot, generally salted, often served with ketchup, vinegar, barbecue sauce, mayonnaise, or other sauces on the side |
Main Ingredient | Potatoes and oil |
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French fries (American English, or Chips sometimes capitalized), fries, or French-fried potatoes are thin strips of deep-fried potato. Americans often refer to any elongated pieces of fried potatoes as fries, while in other parts of the world, most notably the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, long, thinly cut slices of fried potatoes are called fries to distinguish them from the thickly cut strips called chips. French fries are known as frites or pommes frites in French, a name which is also used in many non-French-speaking areas, and have names that mean "fried potatoes" or "French potatoes" in others.
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