I have a question for all of those who deep fry.
I never have done it although I enjoy the occasional deep fried foods when eating out, but I don't want to deal with it at home. I have a very good outside exhaust fan over my stove, but I'm sure that's a problem if you don't.
When you deep fry foods, what do you do with the oil when you're done? Do you use it over and over even after cooking different foods? If so, how do you store it? Assuming home cooks don't deep fry every day, like a restaurant, there must be some tricks besides using an expensive new pot of oil every time you deep fry.
Never deep fried before?
The Fry Daddy comes with a plastic lid. Once the oil is cool, you can put the lid on it until you need it again. My MIL used to put hers in the fridge.
I use the oil several times, depending on the food fried in it.
Foods dredged in flour, then dropped into the fryer are the worst enemy of a Fry Daddy as the excess flour settles to the bottom.
The only bad thing about a Fry Daddy is there is no basket and when you drop food into it, the food goes directly to the bottom before floating back to the top.
So, no. You don't use new oil each time. In fact, I'm certain I have fried more than 10 times with one oil. I may have to add some though to keep the level. And it sits on the stove top ready.
I actually I have two Fry Daddy's. One clean in the cabinet always at the ready.
I assume then that oil for fish has to be used for only fish? That could explain why the one and only time I ate alligator in NOLA I thought it tasted like fish. Other people seem to think it tastes like chicken.
Chicken and veggies can share the same saved oil ?
Its really up to you. I have used the same oil after frying fish for another food and not noticed anything. I have never had anyone say that the food tasted like anything but the food I was serving.
I'm certain someone with good taste buds may notice. Buts that's not going to happen around here.
That makes perfect sense to me Andy. Besides, the last thing I want or need is yet another "appliance" to fuss with or clean or find somewhere to store.
I'm inspired with the oil info from everyone so I just may give it a try. Thank you.
I adore deep fried fish but not chips, although I'd sure give tater tots a shot!
If the occasional draining of used oil, and cleaning the vessel, then adding new oil is a fuss, then by all means continue to bake. The Fry Daddy can be washed in the sink. You cannot submerse it though.
It would seem you would not miss frying at home if you have never done it before.
I can tell you this though. We use ours a lot and we love deep fried foods.
One more thing about fryers in general. A fryer with basket is the best type as it keeps the food off the bottom of the fryer. This allows you to go even longer without changing the oil.
But the basket type is by far the biggest of the fryers and takes up the most room. I also have no use a for a lid when it comes to deep frying and would not consider one that had a lid. I have one somewhere around here gathering dust. Its to big, and requires to much oil.
A Fry Daddy takes up about as much space as a 3 quart saucepan and uses little oil.
And 99 percent of the time when I do clean my FD, its due to what has settled to the bottom. Not the condition of the oil.
I still reuse the oil in many cases after cleaning out the vessel.