foods that are so much better fried

Foods That Are So Much Better Fried

you think your dish is delish as is? Betcha a few minutes in a frying pan would only make it better.
1. Onions
Think it s mere coincidence that Fried + Onion = FUNion? (The popular snack food company definitely didn t think so.) Crispy onions make even salads feel like party platters. Plus, onion rings are the aristocrats of side items. There s a reason they re always listed as an upgrade option.
2. Chicken
Fried Chicken is a frickin food institution. Restaurants dedicate their names and their entire menu to this one. If you re making it at home, my Maw Maw has two tips for you: Crisco and buttermilk.
3. Potatoes
Standard French. Tater tots. Curly. Shoestring. Waffle. Crinkle cut. Matchstick. Steak. Wedge. No matter how you slice it them, fried potatoes are starch perfection.
4. Squid
Wanna feel classy eating fried food? Calamari is for you. The crunchiness also distracts from the fact that you re eating a slimy sea creature with eight legs that is featured in multiple horror films.
5. Apples
Slice your apple into rings. Fry them in a pan and then roll in cinnamon sugar. Eating an apple a day will no longer feel like a task.
6. Cheese
Melty, stringy, gooey goodness...cheese needs no justification for being better fried. I don t think a single person in the history of the world has ever refused a cheesestick.
7. Hotdogs
Fried hotdogs aka corndogs automatically call to mind images of carnivals, fairs, and the best school cafeteria lunch of the month. Make your favorite lunch lady proud, and fry your wieners.
8. Mushrooms
Mushrooms are a very divisive food; people either love them or hate them. But, if your issue with the fungi is a texture thing, fried mushrooms are your savior. The crispy exterior masks the chewy inside so you can focus on that awesome smokey flavor.
9. Pickles
If you re prone to drunchies, (drunk munchies) fried pickles = your new best friend. The salt and the grease are supposedly hangover preventatives. Whether you re intoxicated or not, pickle chips pair well with Ranch. And, at Delish we say, When in doubt, Ranch it out.
10. Shrimp
Fried shrimp is commonly referred to as popcorn shrimp. This namesake correctly outlines what you should do with golden fried crustaceans: mindlessly shovel them into your mouth by the handful.