Deep Fryer Recipes

Spicy Hot Chicken Bits

Spicy chicken pieces dredged in flour mixture and deep fried in hot oil.

INGREDIENTS:

3 pounds boneless chicken breasts without skin
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
2 tablespoons red pepper, [or less]
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup flour
vegetable oil
PREPARATION:

Wash chicken breasts and pat dry. Cut into 1-inch strips. Sprinkle chicken strips with salt and garlic powder, turning pieces so all sides are seasoned. Continue seasoning with with red and black peppers.

Refrigerate for 1 hour to bring out the flavor of seasonings. Dust chicken with flour, then deep fry in vegetable oil at 370°, for 3 t 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels; serve with your favorite dipping sauce, or try one of the sauces below. Serves 6 to 8.




Cajun Fried Fish

These fish fillets are battered with a beer batter with Cajun seasonings then deep fried.

INGREDIENTS:

2 pounds of fish fillets
3 eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup beer
3 tablespoons prepared mustard
1/2 to 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
2 tablespoons salt, divided
2 teaspoons black pepper, divided
1/2 to 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, divided, or to taste
3 cups fine yellow corn flour*
vegetable oil or shortening for deep frying

PREPARATION:

In a mixing bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, beer, mustard, Tabasco, and half of the salt and peppers. Cut fish fillets into bite sized pieces, or nuggets. Place fish in egg mixture, coating well; cover, refrigerate, and let soak for about 1 hour.
Mix corn flour with the remaining salt and peppers in a shallow, wide bowl or pie plate. Preheat oil in deep fryer to about 370ºF.

Remove fish from mixture and dredge with corn flour mixture. Fry fish until the fish nuggets float to the surface and turn golden brown, taking care not to overcook.

Place fish nuggets on paper towels to drain, patting gently with paper towels to blot up excess oil.

Use this batter to fry shrimp, oysters, and other shellfish.
Serves 4




Homemade Potato Chips

INGREDIENTS:

6 or more medium lg. potatoes
Oil or fat for deep frying
Salt

PREPARATION:

Wash and peel the potatoes. Slice very thin.
An old fashioned cabbage slicer can be used (careful of the fingers) - or use a sharp knife or food processor with a thin slicing blade.

Put the slices at once into a bowl of cold water and let stand for at least one hour. Ice water is best, but you can set the whole bowl in the refrigerator if you wish. Dry well by shaking them in a towel.
Fry in hot oil at 390 degrees F. until a light golden brown. Don't try frying too many at once, better to put one layer on the frying basket. Drain on paper towels or any kind of plain crumpled absorbent paper.

If you haven't any paper, use a worn dish towel. Salt lightly. These can be kept for some time if they are sealed into plastic bags or containers after they have cooled.



Deep-Fried Twinkies

Ingredients

6 Twinkies
Popsicle sticks
4 cups vegetable oil
Flour for dusting
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons vinegar
1 Tablespoon oil
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Chill or freeze Twinkies for several hours or overnight.

2. Heat 4 cups vegetable oil in deep fryer to about 375 degrees.

3. Mix together milk, vinegar and oil.

4. In another bowl, blend flour, baking powder and salt.

5. Whisk wet ingredients into dry and continue mixing until smooth. Refrigerate while oil heats.

6. Push stick into Twinkie lengthwise, leaving about 2 inches to use as a handle, dust with flour and dip into the batter. Rotate Twinkie until batter covers entire cake.

7. Place carefully in hot oil. The Twinkie will float, so hold it under with a utensil to ensure even browning. It should turn golden in 3 to 4 minutes. Depending on the size of your deep fryer, you might be able to fry only one at a time, two at the most.

8. Remove Twinkie to paper towel and let drain. Remove stick and allow Twinkie to sit for about 5 minutes before serving.

Makes 6.



FRIED FRAGRANT BELLS
1 lb Ground pork
2 Finely chopped green onions
1 sl Minced ginger
3 tb Chicken broth
1 tb Dark soy sauce
1 tb Dry Sherry
1 Egg
2 tb Cornstarch
3 tb Water
4 Dried bean curd sheet
Additional cornstarch
1/4 c Salt
2 tb Szechwan peppercorns
2 To 4 cups vegetable oil

Combine pork, onion, ginger, broth, soy sauce, Sherry,
egg and 1 tablespoon cornstarch in bowl and mix well.
Combine remaining 1 tablespoon cornstarch with water
in small bowl.

Moisten 1 bean curd sheet under running water. Place
on work surface and spread with 1/4 of meat mixture.
Roll as for jelly roll; brush long edge with dissolved
cornstarch to seal. Repeat to make three more rolls.
Cut each into slices 1 1/2 inches thick; dip each end
in additional cornstarch to seal filling. (Can be done
3 to 4 hours ahead to this point and refrigerated.)

For salt: Combine salt and peppercorns in small
skillet and cook until browned. Crush in mortar with
pestle.

Heat oil in deep fryer to 375 deg. Add slices a
few at a time and fry until crisp. Drain on paper
towels. Serve hot with peppercorn salt, if desired.



Fried Oysters

1 Doz. large oysters
seasoned flour
beaten egg
soft bread crumbs
frying fat
tartar sauce

Pick over the oysters carefully, pat dry in a soft
cloth, then roll in seasoned flour (flour to which a little
salt and pepper have been added). Dip in beaten egg, then in
crumbs. This dipping may be repeated a second time if desired
and all loose crumbs should be shaken off. Fry golden brown in
deep hot fat (375 degrees) using a frying basket and frying not more
than 4 oysters at a time. Drain on soft crumpled paper toweling and serve with tartar sauce.
Serves four.
For Philadelphia Fried Oysters:
Dip first into mayonnaise, then into crumbs after which dip them in beaten egg and crumbs and fry them in hot deep fat.






Deep Fried Shrimp Balls

1 lb Shrimp, cleaned & deveined
2 Bacon strips
4 Water chestnuts
-OR
1/2 md Onion
Salt
Pepper
1 Egg, beaten
2 tb Corn starch
Oil for deep frying

1. Mince shrimp, bacon, onion or water chestnuts together until fine.
Place mixture in bowl. Remove crusts from bread. Dice bread into very
fine cubes. Place cubes in shrimp mixture. Add salt, pepper, egg and 2
tablespoons corn starch to mixture. Combine thoroughly.

2. Fill deep fyer halfway up with oil. Heat oil on highest heat setting. When you think oil is sufficiently heated, test the temperature of it with a small piece of bread crust. If it frys to a golden brown colour, then oil is ready for deep frying. If bread crust fails to brown readily, then oil is not ready yet. If bread crust frys to a dark brown, then oil is too hot. Shut heat off of wok, allow oil to cool 5 minutes before turning heat on again. Retest oil with bread crust to see if it is of proper temperature.

3. When oil is ready for deep frying, take 2 teaspoons, dip into shrimp mixture and form a 1" diameter ball. Drop ball into hot oil, Place about 8 balls into the hot oil. Allow each ball to deep fry 3 minutes. Turn balls so that each will fry to a golden brown colour. Remove balls to paper toweling to drain excess oil from them. Repeat procedure for deep frying rest of shrimp mixture until all of the mixture is used up. Place shrimp balls on a serving platter. Garnish with parsley or other raw vegetable.



DEEP FRIED SQUID RINGS

2 lb Squid
1/2 c Flour
1 t Salt
1/8 ts Pepper
2 Eggs
1 c Milk
1 1/2 c Italian bread crumbs

Cut 2 the cleaned squid body sacks into 1/2" wide rings. Rinse well under cold running water. In deep fryer heat oil to 375. In plastic bag combine flour, salt & pepper. Add a few squid rings at a time, shake until well coated. In a shallow bowl combine 2 eggs and 1 cup milk (beaten). Dip squid in liquid then in about 1-1/2 Cups Italian Bread Crumbs.

Fry a few at a time about 45 seconds or until golden brown. Drain and keep warm. Serve with cocktail sauce or tartar sauce.





Crispy Rattlesnake Coils

1 Rattlesnake; cut in strips
Flour
Salt & Pepper
Crisco

PREPARATION Cut rattlesnake into 8" strips about 1/4" thick. Salt and
pepper lightly. Put flour into a container that can be covered. Add
strips. Shake. Refrigerate for about two hours. This will allow the
flour to become sticky and while the Crisco is heating in a deep
fryer, pull the pieces apart and re-flour the pieces again. Add
flour if necessary. When the Crisco shortening is hot, add only
enough snake strips so that all pieces are covered by the hot grease.
Fry until golden brown. Dump into a container that has been prewarmed
in the oven. Continue frying the rest of the rattlesnake strips.

NOTE: The fried rattlesnake strips will appear to be coiled!

SERVING Use a basket lined with a cloth napkin. Add the fried, coiled
snake pieces. Cover with the napkin.



Deep Fryer Monte Cristo Sandwich

vegetable oil
12 slices white bread
8 slices Gruyère cheese
1/2 lb. sliced cooked ham
1 Tbs. plus 1 tsp. prepared mustard
1/2 lb. sliced cooked chicken breast
toothpick
4 eggs, beaten
3/4 cup milk

Heat oil in an electric deep fryer to 400°F. Place a slice of cheese on a slice of bread and top with ham slice. Spread with mustard and top with another piece of bread. Cover with another slice of cheese, chicken and last piece of bread. Cut triple decker sandwich into quarters and secure with toothpicks. Combine egg and milk in a bowl. Dip sandwich quarters into egg mixture, coating all sides. Deep fry 3-4 minutes until golden. Drain on absorbent paper. Remove toothpicks before serving.