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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 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
Jalapeno Poppers
Jalapeno peppers are stuffed with a cream cheese
mixture then battered and deep fried to make delicious little appetizers.
INGREDIENTS:
12 jalapeno peppers, sliced in half lengthwise,
seeds removed
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs, beaten
2 tablespoons water
dash salt
1 cup plain dry breadcrumbs
oil for deep frying
PREPARATION:
Fill jalapeno pepper halves with cream cheese and
press halves back together. Combine eggs, water and salt. Dip jalapeno peppers
into egg mixture and into breadcrumbs. Place on a cookie sheet and freeze for 2
hours.
Heat oil in deep fryer to 370°. Deep fry peppers in
batches for about 3 minutes, or until golden brown. Transfer jalapeno poppers to
paper towels to drain.
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.
Deep-Fried Smelts
Fresh smelts should be stored refrigerated at 32°F
to 40°F [0°C to 4°C], excess liquid drained, packed into airtight containers and
eaten within 3 to 4 days or 1 to 2 days when fried.
Smelts should be frozen at 0°F [-18°C], into
airtight food containers, immediately after buying; bought frozen, smelts should
be eaten within 4 to 6 months for maximum freshness.
Ingredients
Vegetable oil
1 pound [454 g] smelts
1 cup [250 mL] milk
Flour
Salt, to taste
Parsley sprigs
2 lemons, quartered
Into a deep-fryer, heat vegetable oil to 375°F
[190°C].
Wipe dry smelts; dip smelts into milk, then coat
with flour.
Deep-fry smelts into hot oil for 5 to 7 minutes,
until golden.
Drain smelts onto paper toweling.
Salt smelts.
Arrange smelts onto a serving plate
Serve, decorated with parsley sprigs and lemon
segments
Deep Fried Mars
Bars
Ingredients:
1 Mars Bar (UK) or Milky Way (US)
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup corn flour
A pinch of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda to
Yanks)
Milk or beer
Oil for deep frying
Directions:
Chill the chocolate bar by keeping it in the fridge,
but don't freeze it.
Mix the flours and bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
together.
Add milk (traditional) or beer (which gives a
lighter result) until you get a batter with the consistency of thin cream.
Heat the oil until a small piece of bread will brown
in a few seconds, but don't allow to smoke.
Remove wrapper from chilled chocolate bar. Coat
completely in batter. Carefully lower into hot oil and fry until golden brown.
Serve, with ice cream or French fries, if you're so inclined.
(Of course, if you want to be sophisticated, you can
cut the bar into bite-sized pieces before coating in batter.)
Deep Fried Cod
1
Lb.
frozen cod
Batter:
1
egg
3/4 C.
flour
1/2 C.
water
1
Tsp.
salt
1
Tbsp.
sesame seed
Mix together. Cut cod fillets into serving sizes.
Dip
pieces into batter (make sure pieces are dry so
batter will
stick). Deep fry in 1-inch of oil for 10 to 15
minutes each
side or until golden brown. Serves 3 to 4 adults.
Cajun Deep Fried Turkey
10 gal Peanut oil
10 lb Turkey; up to 15 lbs
6 ts Salt
6 ts Paprika
6 ts White pepper
6 ts Cayenne
6 ts Accent; opt
16 oz Liquid crab oil concentrate
NOTE-Not recommended for indoor cooking. Rinse turkey
inside
and out. Mix 1 part crab boil concentrate to 4
parts
water. Combine dry ingredients with crab boil
solution. Adjust seasoning to taste. Inject turkey
(approximately 2" apart) with mixture using syringe
(available from gourmet kitchen stores.) Cover turkey
with
foil and refrigerate over night. Heat oil to
350~.
CAUTION: Use a grease thermometer to monitor the
oil. It
may ignite if the temperature goes beyond
375~.
Put turkey in basket and CAREFULLY lower it into
the
pot. Cook 5 minutes per pound. Check in 1 hour
using a
meat thermometer. NOTE-This is a great dish,
but
should only be attempted by someone who has
experience with doing this. It is also expensive due
to the
large amount of oil needed.
