Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Coated with batter and seasoned flour and fried.

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  • adjective Fried in chicken fat.

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Examples

  • And refried meat cutlets they called chicken-fried steak.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • And refried meat cutlets they called chicken-fried steak.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • And refried meat cutlets they called chicken-fried steak.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • And refried meat cutlets they called chicken-fried steak.

    The House at Sugar Beach Helene Cooper 2009

  • Steamy scents of chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes, and country gravy wafted out.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • In those pages, Holly had found the family favorites: chili, meat loaf, chicken-fried steak, fried tomatoes, English pea salad.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • In those pages, Holly had found the family favorites: chili, meat loaf, chicken-fried steak, fried tomatoes, English pea salad.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • There were the everyday Fiestaware dishes, orange and blue and green, from which they had eaten pancakes and meat loaf and chicken-fried steaks.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • There were the everyday Fiestaware dishes, orange and blue and green, from which they had eaten pancakes and meat loaf and chicken-fried steaks.

    A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011

  • The dusty ranching town of Tucumcari, N.M., measures the promise of renewable energy by the number of chicken-fried steaks sold at the Rockin' Y's Roadhouse and rooms booked at the Blue Swallow Motel.

    A Green Course Stephanie Simon 2011

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