Fried bread is a slice of bread that has been fried. It is used as a substitute for toast in various dishes or meals. Various oils, butter, lard, bacon drippings, or ghee can be used. Some cooks may choose to fry rather than toast to avoid having to give counter or storage space to or spend money on a toaster. Proponents of frying rather than toasting call out the extra flavor and crispiness that can be achieved by frying in fat rather than dry-toasting.

French toast is a type of fried bread that is coated in an egg and milk batter before frying.

A small slice (35 g) of fried bread provides 730 kilojoules (174 kilocalories) of food energy.

Multiple cuisines include a dish that involves frying sliced bread.

Rabanada is a dish imported from Portugal and popular in Brazil as a Christmas dish.

Topinky [de] or topinka is a Czech dish of pan-fried bread used to prevent wasting stale bread.^{[better source needed]}

A full English breakfast / full Irish breakfast / full Scottish breakfast / full Welsh breakfast will often include bread fried in oil, butter, lard, or bacon drippings. In Northern Ireland, an Ulster fry may include fried soda farls.^{[citation needed]}

Pane fritto is an Italian fried bread dish often used to prevent wasting stale bread; it is commonly dipped in milk before frying.