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Who doesn’t love some good old-fashioned fried chicken? Or what about fried anything???
I know me and mine love fried chicken, there’s just something about fried chicken or anything that is thrown in the deep fryer that makes you feel homesick.
For safe and tasty frying tips check below:
- Make sure the oil is at the highest temperature before frying, this will help keep oil absorption to a low level which helps to cut back on fat and calories.
- The optimum temperature for deep frying is mostly between 350ºF and 375ºF. Check the oil temperature by using a frying thermometer. Trust me you don’t want to fry without it.
- If you find that you do not have a frying thermometer then don’t fret, you can always check the temperature by dropping a cubed piece of bread into the pot. If it turns golden brown in 60 seconds then its perfect.
- The best oil to use when frying is peanut oil or canola oil. It is low in saturated fat, has a high burning point and does not take-away from the flavor of the food you are frying.
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- DO NOT fill the pot more than half-way full. When food is added to the oil, if too much oil is inside it will cause the oil to bubble over the pot causing an accident and the opportunity of someone to get burned.
- To fry food properly, make sure to give the pieces room to cook. Which means do not over crowd the pot. Overcrowding the pot makes the oil reduce in temperature and the food will in turn not cook properly and turn soggy. Not Yummy!
- Trying cooking pieces of food the same size at the same time, this will have all of the pieces to cook at the same time and be ready together.
- To put out a fat fire cover the pot with lid. **Did you know that baking soda helps put out a fat fire, well it does**
- If oil begins to smoke that means the oil has burnt and the whole frying process needs to be started again from the beginning. Discard the oil in a container other than plastic and DO NOT pour it in your drain.
