Deep-fried, in hot animal fat or vegetable oil, cook fish and meat in batter or breading, vegetables, dough products. Deep-fried products acquire a beautiful crispy golden crust, and the cooking process itself takes a minimum of time.
It is necessary
- - 1 liter of vegetable oil or animal fat.
- For batter:
- - 1 egg;
- - 100 g flour;
- - spices to taste;
- - water (beer, vodka, wine) to the required consistency.
Instructions
Step 1
Select only high-quality deep-fried foods. Cut all the ingredients into equal pieces, no more than a centimeter thick, otherwise they will fry unevenly. Dry each bite, it shouldn't have any marinade or water on it.
Step 2
Prepare a batter or breading if you are frying vegetables, meat or fish. For the batter, stir the egg, flour, spices and water until smooth. Leave the batter in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes. If you are going to fry dough products, then form small balls out of it. And if you are preparing, for example, pies with filling, carefully tuck the filling into the dough, otherwise it may leak out and burn during frying.
Step 3
Select fat for frying. Vegetable oils are best suited for this - sunflower, cottonseed, soybean, corn, peanut, but olive is preferable. Choose lard, lamb, or lard from animal fats. Butter and margarine are not used for deep frying. You can prepare a mixture of vegetable and animal fats. For example, 40% refined vegetable oil and 30% pork and beef fat each.
Step 4
Choose a dish for deep-frying. Choose a skillet or saucepan with high sides. Do not use enamel cookware, as the enamel breaks off when heated. Please note that the stainless steel pan will be covered with carbon deposits. Cast iron cookware is good for deep-frying. And if you deep fat often enough, get a special deep fat fryer.
Step 5
Heat the oil to 170 - 180 ° C. Dip a piece of bread into it. If it foams, then the oil is hot enough. If the fat is not heated sufficiently, the products will absorb the oil excessively. And if the temperature is too high, then the products will burn, while the inside will remain damp. Reduce heat immediately if smoke appears.
Step 6
Dip each piece in batter or bread. Place food in hot fat so that it is completely immersed in the oil and floats freely in it. Fry the slices on one side, and then turn them over to the other side with forks or chopsticks. The entire frying process takes from a few seconds to two minutes. Remove the finished products with a slotted spoon and spread them on a sieve or colander so that excess fat drips from them.
