Avoiding too much residue when deep frying
Wanting to deep fry just the outer surface of chicken, I prepared a mix of dry wheat flour, maida (Plain flour/All-purpose flour), pepper powder, red chilli powder and salt. Since the curd-marinated chicken pieces were wet after cooking in a pressure cooker, I rolled the pieces in the flour mixture as shown in a recipe, heated oil in a deep non stick container and placed the chicken pieces in the oil when the oil was hot.
After the first batch was fried, I noticed a lot of the flour had collected on the bottom of the container. Is this normal? I'm assuming this would happen even if the coating was made of stickier stuff. The problem is that this layer of flour on the bottom keeps increasing with every batch of chicken I put. Is there a right way or a better way to do this and avoid all this residue? I want to be able to re-use the oil.
Best Answer
When deep frying, there is no way to avoid residue collecting at the bottom of your pot. You can shake off excess flour before frying to reduce this effect, but you will always have some residue. The main difference between deep frying in a pot on a stove, and a dedicated, restaurant-style deep fryer is that the restaurant-style fryer is deep, and has the heating element well off the bottom. That produces a cold zone where debris collects, but does not burn. It is the burning bits that are left over that cause the biggest degradation of your frying oil. Restaurant-style fryers allow oil to be reused for quite some time, then filtered and used further. Depending on the amount of debris, the length of time you are using, and, most importantly your temperatures, you can filter and reuse oil from your home set-up, but probably not more than once or twice. If it begins to smell "fishy" you've gone beyond the opportunity to reuse.
Your new comment suggests that you are shallow frying. In this case I would suggest not reusing the oil. Temperature control is difficult at best, and the ratio of oil to chicken means that it will likely be quite degraded by the time you are finished.
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When deep frying, there is no way to avoid residue collecting at the bottom of your pot. You can shake off excess flour before frying to reduce this effect, but you will always have some residue.How can I fry without absorbing too much oil?
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There is a great tool for filtering the small particles from the oil that I always use when deep-frying. I've questioned myself the same thing after I started breading and deep-frying various dishes. If you look out for a fine-mesh strainer, I'm sure you'll be able to find one. You can use it immediately when you see the oil is becoming cloudy and grain-particles start making it smell and appeal less clean.
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Simple solution is to use Paper towel made of tissue paper on any strainer for thst matter Pour oil after cooling Keep it there for one day Thats it Oil is as clean as it was before frying
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