Dawgluver
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This^^^
Even having some experience, I still prefer to use my thermometer.
Even having some experience, I still prefer to use my thermometer.
However, I kept the fire low once the oil was heated up
Have you tried slicing the onions the day before, holding them in water overnight, patting them dry and then applying the breading?
Heated up is not good enough! Get a cheap thermometer and report back!
And this time I want some good onion rings!
Sorry, I'm cranky tonight because I'm hungry!
You came here for advice but won't listen to what people are telling you. It is ALL about the temperature of the oil ... end of story. The bread crumbs fell off because the oil was not hot enough.IMO it was not the problem of temperature. It was that the breadcrumb fell a lot from the onion
You came here for advice but won't listen to what people are telling you. It is ALL about the temperature of the oil ... end of story. The bread crumbs fell off because the oil was not hot enough.
When the oil is not hot enough the oil will be absorbed into the crumbs and fall off instead of quick frying.
People are trying to help you but you won't accept what they are saying.
Get a thermometer, use it to get the oil hot enough 350F - 375F. Try it then come back and tell us the results. Until you eliminate this variable we can't move on.
IMO it was not the problem of temperature. It was that the breadcrumb fell a lot from the onion
AKA, really doesn't want help.
IMO it was not the problem of temperature. It was that the breadcrumb fell a lot from the onion
Failed again for the 3rd time of deep frying onion rings
It's the third 3rd time ever I tried to deep fry onion rings. Still failed. I feel so frustrated.
Ingredients: Flour, Eggs, Milk, Bread crumbers, cooking oil
I followed exactly this tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33cAqNLcYjc&t=18s
Steps highlight
1. eggs mixed with some flour, milk, salt and used as the "sticking agent"
2. mix the cut onion rings with the sticking agent and then with flour and then again with the sticking agent.
3. mix it with the bread crumbers and then put into oil for few minutes
In fact, I've decided to give it up and never deep fried again
Reasons and problems of deep frying I've encountered
1. Look easy but practically VERY messy dealing with the flour, eggs mixture etc, no matter how careful and sophisticated you are.
2. The smell of burning oil during deep frying is very unpleasant and I believe it's very unhealthy to health. I've turned on my kitchen ventilator to the maximum but it still took long time for the smell to go
3. The product is still very oily even after I've already used the paper tissue to filter the oil
4. It's really a big waste of oil. If you re-use the oil it has to be used again in short time or it will be oxidized. Re-used oil is also bad to health and smell even worse
5. Unhealthy no matter what.
Ditto here. Doesn't he realize that when the low temp oil is absorbed into the coating, the coating becomes heavy with the oil and falls off due to the added weight?
No. Your inadequate oil temperature was the main if not the only cause of your failure. It's why your coating fell off.
You come here asking for advice because you don't know what's going wrong with your onion rings.
People tell you that it's your oil temperature (which is pretty obvious to anyone who fries food) but then all of a sudden you know better?
You don't understand how to use oil for frying. So you can either learn how to cook with it successfully or continue to fail ... or use a different cooking method.
Ingredient I used
1.Flour
2.Eggs
3.Bread crumbs
4.Oil
Steps I performed
Mix the cut onion well with flour and then stirred eggs and then bread crumbs, after all done, put into the hot oil for few minutes
I think you are looking for a smooth coated onion ring versus a granular breading type.
If so, then you need to male a really smooth batter, a lot like tempura or flour beer batter, rather than a breadcrumb-ing.
With all this time and money wasted you could have bought yourself a thermometer.