Crockpot RecipesDeep Frying Tips
Do you know what about deep frying?It is very important for cooking in the chinese cuisine .Many Chinese dishes call for the food to be deep-fried, in which food is cooked by submerging in hot liquid, which can help adding crispness to dishes. However, in todayð€™s health conscious society, deep-frying is associated with high fat content and arteries clog. Here are suggestions to make your deep-frying easier.
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1. Both deep-fat fryer and wok are great for deep-frying. Deep-fat fryer is common for deep-frying, but if you stick with a wok, and want to cook authentic Chinese food, go get one, but, keep this in mind: make sure the wok is securely in place, usually flat bottomed woks for electric ranges; while round bottomed for gas stoves over the wok stand. You know, it is a disaster to knock the hot oil frying. Actually a wok helps to reduce the oil that needs as the unique shape requirs less oil than is the case with a deep-fat fryer.
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2. To prevent splattering, you should be careful to slide the food into the oil.
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3. Add food in small amounts, do not overcrowd the wok, which may lead to splatering and greasy food.
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4. Peanut oil or other vegetable oils, is great for deep-frying, it does not burn easily when at a high temperature. You do not want to use sesame oil to deep-frying.
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5. Do not add too much oil, always leaving several inches clear at the top of the wok, as it may rise after you slip into the food.
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6. If you do not have a thermometer at hand, try this traditional way to check the temperature of oil, stick the wood chopsticks into the oil, it bubbles around the chopsticks if itð€™s hot enough.
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7. The drop of temperature of oil can cause splattering, so, the food you are going to deep-fry should be at room temperature.
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8. Keep the food dry before deep-frying, and if the food is batter-coated, make sure all the excess batter has dripped off before deep-frying.
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9. Do not worry about the recipe requires twice deep-frying, as it gives a crisper coating to the food.
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10. If the oil starts to smell rancid, it is a sign that you can not reuse it any more. Typically, cooking oil can only be used up to five times.
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11. Keep the temperature up can reduce the amount of fat as well.
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